If this is not dumbing down please tell me what is


As Alan Davey said when taking over Radio 3 and before losing 8% of his listeners, "I won't be dumbing down".

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Pliable said…
A comment by Yehuda Shapiro on Facebook says: 'And that ad is 45 years old. So much for appealing to a funky, wide-demographic audience of the type exemplified by all the channel's younger, mainly Cambridge-educated presenters'.
Unknown said…
Nothing like the Boulez Second Piano Sonata for chowing down on a fresh loaf.

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