Ribbed baguette and whipped butter? (with Simon Reeve)
Off Air... with Jane and Fi
The Times
4.7 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Dr. Dr. Garvey and Dr. Dr. Glover share their musings on whipped butter, Helens, foxes having a to-do, Gustave Eiffel, and the home of the tart. What more could you want?
Plus, adventurer and writer Simon Reeve discusses his latest series ‘Scandinavia with Simon Reeve’ - investigating the secrets of some of the happiest and most equal societies on earth.
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| 0:00.0 | and I guess the French have probably gone the same way that we have, |
| 0:02.7 | which is to back away from bread. |
| 0:05.7 | Oh, yes. I'm backing away from bread today. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm not having it until tonight. |
| 0:08.9 | There is quite a lot of beep, beep, beep. |
| 0:12.3 | Reverse away from the loaf. |
| 0:14.6 | Away from the loaf. |
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| 1:19.7 | It is quite strange, doesn't it, that you think that of all of the things in your life that might end up reaching beyond you, |
| 1:27.5 | because obviously you did 465 years on the hour of power, and now it is very much your prepping basement |
| 1:29.4 | that people want to talk about |
| 1:31.7 | oh I tell you what you're going to |
| 1:33.4 | really really love our guest Simon Reeve |
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