I Don't Want To Sound Like 'chirpy

One Of The Key Problems Is That The Germans Know What They Do Because Everywhere They Go There's A 'made In Germany' Label On It - They Can Feel Proud Of Volkswagens And Audis And Mercedes.

Once We Are Fed, Heated, Housed And Healthy, Our Extra Consumption Inevitably Has An Element Of Luxury About It. And Once Luxury Enters The Scene, The Practicalities Are In Trouble, As Women Who Wear Expensive Stiletto Heels Can Testify.

Now I Can Broadcast To An Audience Of Several Million People On The 'today' Programme. I Can Talk About The Day's News. But On Radio, Believe It Or Not, We Have Notes And Scripts. And While We Might Ad Lib The Odd Wryly Amusing Asides, They Come At The Frequency Of A Suburban Bus. About One Every 90 Minutes.

We Brits Print Banknotes Out In Debden In Essex, And Have Contracted It Out To The Private Sector. Here In The U.s. It Is A Government Operation Right In The Heart Of Washington Next Door To The Holocaust Museum.

Art Can Help A Town By Attracting A Certain Bohemian Population That Adds Life To The Bars, Character To The Streets And A Buzz To The Name. Employers May Then Follow. But Art Can't Do Much If Every Town Does It. There Aren't Enough Bohemians.