1. No matter what is happening in the news, I can always slip away to the shrunken, petty world of Tilling, or listen to Stephen Fry recounting Bertie Wooster's problems. High stakes for them, low stakes for me.
2. I can hear Nick and Bettany cheering something to do with the Olympics.
3. Quite late, while we're listening to the radio, each child comes upstairs to sit with us.
