Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youre going to join me tonight BBC1 at 6.30pm. On the programme last night we had the Grumbleweeds. Very successful in the variety world and weve got another variety star tonight, Geoffrey Durham. Hes a magician and also, and Im sure he doesnt like to get billed as this, but he used to be married to the comedienne Victoria Wood. He used to be The Great Soprendo until he started working under his own name of Geoffrey Durham, but hell be talking to me tonight on the programme. Well have all the days news of course and the all important weather forecast from Paul. Join me tonight at the usual time of 6.30pm.
Emails Weve had emails on a variety of subjects that weve talked about and on some things that we havent talked about really. Lets just get through some of them here. Janet Miller she says, On the subject of black Christmas trees, my son Alexs best friend has just given him a six foot black fibre optic Christmas tree. Apparently he and his girlfriend got it free with a traditional green one that they bought. Maybe the shop thought that black would never catch on! Thats from Janet Miller on the subject of black Christmas trees, which are apparently in and trendy at the moment. And one here from Len, he says, Hi Peter. Ive just read your bit on the increase in house prices and would say that its all relevant really as you may get an uplifted price for your house, but you have to pay the same uplift on the one that youre purchasing. He said, Ive got a nice new front door for my house recently and it cost me more than I paid for my first house fifty years ago and that wasnt cheap at the time! I can well believe that Len, thank you very much indeed. The first house that I bought in 1976 was a little terraced cottage and it was £8000! A bit more than a front door, but not much! We were talking about food yesterday and Egon Ronay and Pierre Marco White, whos really upset the apple cart. Theres one here from Tony in Newark, he says, Dear Peter, I wouldnt expect to go to a restaurant in France and find a menu written in English, so why do we have to put up with this pretentious idea of having descriptions in French for our own restaurants menus and even in some pubs. A report on todays BBC news has Egon saying that English pub food is better than many French restaurants and bistros, so there really is no sense in perpetuating the myth that a menu written in a foreign language means that you are a gastronomically superior establishment. Too true! And also if it was written in English, we could pronounce it and read it! So Tony - thank you very much indeed. Hull Last night on the programme, we were talking to a chap, whos produced a calendar all about Hull with some less than flattering pictures of the city. I was winding him up a bit on the programme last night asking who would sell more, him with his pictures of Hull or me with my calendar and with that in mind this morning, I got an email through from Hannah. Hannah is from Hull, but shes doing another term at Leeds University. She gets the Levy Letter every day in Leeds. So Hannah - thank you very much indeed. She said, I thought you might be interested to see what my friend found in Chat magazine, a weekly magazine with true life stories and recipes, that kind of thing. Ive attached a picture of one of their puzzle pages. Take a look at the one in the middle and when you look at it the solution is actually Hull, which is described as the worst place to live in the UK. Once again, a national magazine has done damage to Hull albeit in Chat magazine. She says, It could easil! y have said home of the longest bridge, or Philip Larkins home, but I suppose they thought that wouldnt be entertaining. So well spotted on that one. Hannah thank you very much. I hope its going well for you at Leeds University. Stars Dont forget if theres someone youd like to see on the sofa then do get in touch and let me know. Weve got several emails suggesting a variety of different guests. Were chasing them all. Theres a little note here that comes from David Burton in Sutton Park, he says, Coincidentally my eldest son, Andrew, is in Melbourne and yesterday he visited the set of Neighbours. He met the actor who plays Harold Bishop and he mentioned that he was from Hull. Harold said that he knew Hull and had visited the city and had been impressed! So there you are, a bit of publicity for Hull from Harold Bishop. Thank you very much indeed from David and Andrew! Homeopathic Remedies I see from a report that those who take homeopathic remedies for illness, well 70% of them claim that those given medication to treat symptoms for conditions such as asthma and eczema felt better as a result. The researchers said that the findings demonstrated the value of homeopathy to the NHS and showed that it should be more widely available. Write To Me Dont forget if you want to write to me about any subject, you can get me direct on email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And obviously were trying to get the Levy Letter circulation as large as possible. Its growing by the day, I can tell you that. If youve got a friend or relative, whos not signed up for a daily email, then theres something to look forward to on these cold days, then get them to go to one of the addresses at the bottom of the page, click on Levy Letter, follow the instructions and from tomorrow they will receive their daily Levy Letter. Thats it from me. Have a very good Wednesday. Keep warm! Join me tonight, BBC1 at 6.30pm. 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