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Who am I? And why might you be interested in my bits? I've written a book about the Tube called One Stop Short of Barking - Uncovering the London Underground.

I've had other bits & pieces published online.

I work for Great British Chefs as Head of Social Media.

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Speechification: Charlotte Green giggles too

Charlotte Green, in her wonderful newsreaders voice, (Radio 4 Today) reads a story about the first recording of a human voice (singing ‘Au Clair de la Lune’) and we are treated to a sample. The Guardian is carrying the news that her subsequent laughter may have been triggered by someone quietly telling her that the recording sounded like a “bee buzzing in a bottle”.

The corpsing fit adds an unexpected twist to the next piece, Abby Mann’s obituary. By the end of that, she sounds like she’s crying with laughter. James Naughtie valiantly picks up with the next story, but it’s so infectious that his voice nearly cracks a couple of times too.