Rhymes with Hunt

Time marches on and so James wishes Toby a happy birthday (today, Oct. 17) but they both worry about the approaching Big Six-O. And while one might assume than a man of Toby's "advanced" years would be through with cycling, he relates to James the tale of his recent accident (which pleases James because he doesn’t like cyclists to begin with). Speaking of time, when Liz Truss became PM it was heralded as a new age because, for the first time in British history none of the top four cabinet positions were held by white men. That lasted for a whole 38 days as Jeremy Hunt took over as Chancellor on the 14th of October. Is the replacement of Kwasi Kwarteng a deep state coup or just the inevitable consequence of the reaction to the mini-budget by the bond and currency markets? They also talk about whether the plays of Shakespeare were actually written by the 17th Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere) and, in Culture Corner, The Way We Live Now, The Rings of Power and The Old Man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices