{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64259eff56d10b0011c5e5fd/64261e599b18eb00117cad73?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From National Near Miss Day to the two shirts","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64259eff56d10b0011c5e5fd/1680204628900-f12ac52a9716a694eee68961f88bf6c0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>“It all went wrong, they didn’t want me!”</p><p><br></p><p>“You might even have a theatre named after you in the West End.”</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode Daniel and Hugh discuss:</p><p><br></p><p>Daniel’s near miss - The Japanese Red Army Faction’s Mortar / Hugh’s near miss - Hugh auditions for the festival theatre / Maxi Snelling / Mary Ellen Best / Paint brushes made from her hair / York Lunatic Asylum / Mary in Nice / Daniel in Bombay / The Pearly King of Croydon / a broken heart: sedatives and lithium / a dodgy canapé / the two shirts!</p><p><br></p><p>Further Reading:</p><p>Mary Ellen Best: https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Mary-Ellen-Best/dp/0701129050  ~ </p><p>Rome Red Army Japan Incident: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/10/world/rome-explosions-shake-us-and-british-embassies-and-wreck-car.html  ~</p>","author_name":"Daniel Roy Connelly & Hugh Bernays"}