City to City and Walk A Mile In Our Shoes

Peter has a five-year plan for the five pairs of identical shoes he owns, buy in bulk, rotate diligently, but another set in five years times. Sarah, for her part, can’t walk past a shoe shop with a sale sign in the window, it’s like catnip to her.

Elsewhere, Peter has had enough of cities changing their names – and not just because it keeps making his maps out of date – and Sarah muses on a song some people consider a national treasure which she could happily never hear again. And don’t get Peter started on the Beatles…

On our reading and watch list this week:

· The Lifelong Scruff – Peter Hitchens

· A Small Town In Germany - John Le Carre

· Return Via Dunkirk – Gun Buster

· Great Expectations – Dir: David Lean

· Dunkirk – Dir: Leslie Norman

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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