{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a0a6a13d3373734aa05d/6877de00b93bd5454d7c663a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"City to City and Walk A Mile In Our Shoes","description":"<p>Peter has a five-year plan for the five pairs of identical shoes he owns, buy in bulk, rotate diligently, but another set in five years times. Sarah, for her part, can’t walk past a shoe shop with a sale sign in the window, it’s like catnip to her.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Elsewhere, Peter has had enough of cities changing their names – and not just because it keeps making his maps out of date – and Sarah muses on a song some people consider a national treasure which she could happily never hear again. And don’t get Peter started on the Beatles…</p><p><br></p><p>On our reading and watch list this week:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Lifelong Scruff – Peter Hitchens</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Small Town In Germany - John Le Carre</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return Via Dunkirk – Gun Buster</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Great Expectations – Dir: David Lean</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dunkirk – Dir: Leslie Norman</p><p><br></p><p>Please do get in touch, email:&nbsp;alas@mailonline.co.uk, you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp – on 07796 657512, start your message with the word ‘alas’.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Presenters: Sarah Vine &amp; Peter Hitchens</p><p>Producer: Philip Wilding</p><p>Editor: Chelsey Moore</p><p>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini</p><p>Executive Producer: Jamie East</p><p><br></p><p>A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}