Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm as usual.
Its been a very lively week, this week, on the programme. Weve had a tremendous response to everything that weve done loads of emails about the programme and also loads of emails back about the Levy Letter, so thank you very much indeed for all of those. Keep the response coming in and dont forget if you want to write in and contact me directly of course you can at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And dont forget, weve got our unique competition. Well announce the answer at the start of next week for the competition, which is unique to the Levy Letter. Theres still time to enter if you can answer this question which former job did Jo Brand have? What was the job she had before she went into comedy? If you think you know, then two tickets could be yours to see Jo perform in York. If you think you know, then email me! Tonight on the programme, well have all the days news. Also, should the city of Hull be called just Hull or Kingston-upon-Hull, which indeed is its proper name? Well be looking at that one and also tackling the issues of the day and Paul will have the forecast. And I see from reading the paper this morning that its minus forty in some parts of the world at the moment and we could be getting a shiver of weather all the way from Russia next week. It could be getting very cold here, but as I write this, this morning, first thing as the sun rises in Victoria Dock, it is a beautiful morning, although Im sure its very cold outside. Tickle Well, I suppose, if were absolutely honest, there isnt any of us who dont like to be tickled, but you have to be tickled by someone else. Scientists have discovered why you can tickle somebody else, but you cant tickle yourself. Volunteers tickled themselves and tests predicted their movements and mentally filtered out the sensations so they didnt enjoy and didnt smile. People cancel out sensory information like this, to avoid being overwhelmed by irrelevant stimuli. So there you are, so you can tickle yourself to your hearts content, but it will not have the same effect if someone else tickles you. And talking of sensations how many cups of coffee do you drink? Well, of course drinking coffee has had bad publicity from time to time not least of which from Gillian McKeith, whos diet Im trying to follow at the moment. But if you are a lady, then perhaps you should may rethink drinking coffee. Its thought that to prevent cancer, stimulate memory and as a fragrant pick-me-up when energy levels flag yes, coffee is great, but now a cup of coffee could be the key to help boost a womans sex drive, a new study is suggesting. Scientists say that caffeine lifts the female libido by stimulating parts of the brain that govern arousal. Unlike televisions Gold Blend couple in the adverts in the 1980s and 90s, whose passion grew with each cup, real coffee addicts may miss out on the buzz. The aphrodisiac power seems to work only on those who do not regularly drink too much coffee. But the occasional cup of coffee will stimulate the ladies. There you are. If youre a coffee dr! inker, then youll find that one, Im sure, of some interest! Pictures Dont forget, keep your pictures and photographs coming in for the Big Screen. If youve got a particularly nice view then Id love to see it. I know there was a particularly nice sunset last night in Hull. Any pictures then email them in to me and well put your pictures on the screen. Also, look out for a big competition that were starting, which will be of interest if you are an artist or if you are a painter. Thatll be something that were starting on the programme next week. Cheese The recipe for the perfect cheese and wine party has been revealed and maybe it will surprise you. You dont have to spend too much on wine, but you do have to spend money on cheese. Scientists have found that cheese masks the subtle taste of wine, so serving up a vintage bottle is simply a waste of money. The team, from the University of California, took four types of red wine, using some inexpensive cheap versions and some expensive versions. They presented these to fellow students, who evaluated their flavours and aromas of each bottle. They then repeated the task with different cheeses. They found that the cheese suppressed just about every flavour, thus proving that expensive cheese is worth the money, but a vintage bottle of wine will make no difference, because we wont be able to taste it. Television There it is in the corner of the lounge. But depending on how old it is, it can be quite a monstrosity as behind the front of the television, there is the cathode ray tube. I reckon mine is about two foot deep in the back! Well, this time next year, we wont be able to buy a television like that, thats what it seems anyway. One of the major retailers has said that the sales of flat screen TVs, even those that you can hang on the wall of the house now with a frame around, are so popular and have come down in price so much, that your big box TV is the thing of the past. Certainly, one major retailer has said that they wont be selling it in twelve months time. Possibly, the only exception is the bottom of the range fourteen inch portables that go in childrens bedrooms or in the spare room. But it seems that the big box TV as we know it will no longer be on sale. How things have changed? The other thing that wont be on sale by the end of the year is I dont know what you call them, because Ive never had one the portable CD players, because obviously theyve been superseded by MP3 players and the Ipods. So, portable CD players are no longer with us. And one thing that I was thinking about that I need to do is to buy a VHS player, because Ive got lots of tapes and films and stuff on VHS and for not very much longer will we be able to buy a VHS player. So, it would be a good idea to buy one and keep it in storage as new, so that when the current one packs up, as Im sure it will eventually, then Ill have another machine to be able to play my tapes on. If youve collected lots of family videos on VHS, then that might be a good idea as well. I understand as well that at the moment it is nearly impossible to buy a VHS recorder on its own. You can buy a combined VHS and DVD player, but on its own its almost impossible. So there you are, some tips and a little job for me to buy a little VHS recorder and player at the weekend. Katherine Jenkins Hopefully, any day now, Im not quite sure which day, it could even be today, Ill be talking to the opera singer, Katherine Jenkins. Its just been announced that Katherine Jenkins will be doing a concert in the Country Park by the side of the Humber Bridge to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bridge. Its like a dream come true for me, because Im an enormous fan of Katherine, so Im looking forward to that and of course, this year, with this special anniversary of the bridge, its going to be an exciting year anyway, but shes going to be doing a free concert at the Humber Bridge Country Park. I dont know the date of that one yet, but its certainly one to watch out for and hopefully well be talking to Katherine very soon. Weekend Well the weekend is here. Whatever youre up to, then I hope it goes well. I havent actually seen the forecast yet, but have a very good break. Look out for your Levy Letter on Monday and if you know someone, whos not signed up for a Levy Letter, but you think they would like one, then do point them in the direction of www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshre or www.bbc.co.uk/humber, click on Levy Letter, follow the instructions through. If they do it this weekend, then theyll get their first Levy Letter through on Monday. Dont forget if you want those tickets to go and see Jo Brand in York (only, obviously enter if you can get to York) then tell me what her job was before she decided to become a comedian. Get in touch with me anytime, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Have a very good weekend. 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