My Tuesday morning fix

Yes, I agree, marvellous series. I listen to the podcast but it's hard to keep up, every programme is fascinating.

I love Radio 4! Last week I happened to catch a programme on Tuesday morning called A Sense of Time. It was about animals awareness of time and how this is now thought to vary between species so that birds, insects and others may experience time in a totally different way to us. This has become apparent by studying, for instance, birdsong and realising that if you slow it down, you discover that birds are exchanging vast amounts of information that we simply don't hear. Similarly, a bird's brain operates differently in order to catch fast moving insects. Deeply fascinating.

I’ll catch up on that one not it sounds fascinating. It’s reminded me of a programme ( can’t remember if TV or radio) about a society ( societies?) that conceptualise colour differently - ages ago but I’ll try and find a link.

JA is such an amazing interviewer isn’t he

It's worth a listen Maryeliza. I was driving and I listened to it on catch up again later. I found it mind boggling. I've read that animals have different colour vision to us too. Re people, have I heard that the Welsh have many words for blue, or is it rain?!
JA is a relief in a radio world where presenters now seem to think they have to be controversial all the time!

My Tuesday morning, in fact every morning fix, is the crime series on BBC1 about families who've had a past member who's been hanged for a crime which they may or may not have been guilty of.
800 hangings up to it's cessation in 1964. I used to know one of Albert Pierpoint's brother's.

That would depress me - certainly wouldn’t leave any feel good legacy - other than thank goodness we’ve abolished hanging.

maryeliza54 I listen regularly and I agree, this mornings was amazing.

A wonderful program. DD is also a fan.

It raised so many interesting points about his early life- his parents beliefs, his lack of academic success to start with, the chance to work with Doll. I loved the bits about the working relationships and the passionate arguments. I didn’t realise he’d been so instrumental in developing meta analysis. The whole programme was a real lesson as well into the role of those who work tirelessly in improving health care without ever treating a patient.

The other thing about JA is his championing of female scientists - they feature greatly in his programmes and their back stories are often truly amazing. I’ve noticed some of the ones he’s interviewed then popping up on Desert Islsnd Discs and elsewhere in media interviews so I think his profile raising is having an effect. The other week there was an interview in the Guardisn with Prof Sue Black who he’d interviewed a while ago- really interesting back story there which is really interesting to know as you read about their current work

Here’s the link on colour - can’t find the radio programme but this is the same tribe

www.gondwana-collection.com/blog/how-do-namibian-himbas-see-colour/