Not Naughtie, just Spoonerish
I have much sympathy for Radio 4 presenter James Naughtie who, in a spoonerish moment, called the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt something very rude indeed, writes Peter Rhodes.
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I have much sympathy for Radio 4 presenter James Naughtie who, in a spoonerish moment, called the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt something very rude indeed,
writes Peter Rhodes
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I still blush at the memory of telling a boating tale in a canalside pub nearly 40 years ago.
What I intended to explain, shouting to a pal over the hubbub in a crowded bar, was that our narrowboat nearly came to grief in a lock because "we got the front caught!"
It didn't quite come out like that. The whole bar fell horribly silent.
A fraught moment, indeed.
