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Hello, Bugleers. I'm Andy Zoltzmann, as you should know by now, if you've listened either to any of our previous episodes, or the first six words of this one. Welcome to issue 4,250 of the Bugle.

That's right, 250 episodes since we relaunched in episode 4,001, so we are just one short of a quarter of a percent through this 100,000 episode season.

Which is a start, but we are in this for the long haul. The estimated season end date, if we get through all 100,000 episodes, let me just work this out.

Is the year 4,250, if we do slightly more episodes per year than we've averaged so far, or start counting some episodes as full episodes.

So, bit of a coincidence there, and something worth keeping an eye on.

During the next two and a bit, from Pack Millenines. Joining me today for our 250th episode since we launched two very special guests, legends of their art form, such a privilege to have them on the show.

Firstly, from Spain, Titan of the Baroque art scene, it's painter Diego Velázquez, and from France, the posthumously influential 17th century moral philosopher Gabriel Souchon.

Welcome, both of you to the show.

Hang on, band-aid.

What's the problem?

Both of them are dead.

Dead?

In fact, I'm being drawn to the story by the important history of the museum.

Right, could you not have broken that using it a little more sympathetically, Chris?

With their agents, both said they were not busy doing anything else.

So, that was true.

Could we get anyone else in at this late notice?

Oh, I'll rust it around quickly.

Alright, just try and make it fast.

Right, well, that's all sorted now.

So, stepping in at the last minute to replace Diego and Gabrielle, who will try and get on, if we can sort out what appears to be a contractual issue more than anything else.

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