Francis, Leo and I have fairly regular chats, and we thought it was possible they might be of some vague interest to others, too, so we decided to record one and see how it went. The general consensus appeared to be that people did find it of interest, so we have done another…

We discuss a wide range of topics, including the power of famous faces to manipulate us; the importance of maintaining freedom in the freedom movement, and someone’s very strange Deirdre Barlow tattoo….

Please see Substack for full chat as the file is too large to load here. I hope you enjoy it!

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