I’m reading a book about the history of crisps. It’s by Natalie Whittle and it’s called Crunch. Unlike crisps, it’s nourishing – fascinating to learn of the human endeavour, all the science that’s gone into them. But, just like crisps, it’s also comforting – in that it’s good to know I’m not the only one with such strong feelings about them.

I once heard a fellow broadcaster denigrated as the kind of presenter who just wanted to do phone-ins about listeners’ favourite crisps. I knew where he was coming from. You could do a phone-in on this subject........

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