This week;

Earlier this week, Radio 4 Journalists said they actually felt constrained about discussing the European Treaty, because the Government had not really given them anything to talk about as it was not in the Government's interests to give any prominence to the discussion. Now that is a first!

Since when has Government's comparative silence on an issue - if indeed it was so completely silent - stopped U.K. journalists from sniffing around and highlighting an issue, indeed, even scooping the proverbial dung and spreading it all over?

The Archers, the radio soap of country folk, has been getting quite interesting again; though I think the argument over divvying up the farm is getting far fetched. First, Brian A had no need to discuss the arrangements he was making in his will; that's a nice convenient story line. Second, long suffering (martyred) wife, Jennifer had current errant husband maintaining her two kids by other fathers, for most of the kids' dependent lives; he's not been all bad by a long chalk, just an emotional pain in the butt. It's all a bit distorted to get listening figures up.

On the same story of country folk, we have poor Hayley and Roy with their now new, very premature baby girl. I guess this is the BBC linking into some real, sensitive,neonatal and parenting issues of the day.

A five year old asked a scientist on the morning news programme today, where the original baby came from to create Adam or Eve. As the man said, children ask very interesting and the most difficult questions. Nevertheless he gave an answer based on evolution, an answer that just about flipped over John Humphreys, he of aggressive interviewing and haranguing fame. It was an answer which did silence Mr Humphreys. It was well worth waiting for!