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I have no interest in the arts, and I know of it.

Same here (if it’s the open one on a cliff edge in Cornwall with stunning sea views behind the stage?).

Radio presenters have to play things up a bit sometimes. Daytime audiences on a light and breezy station like Virgin Radio don't like to be talked down to - it's not BBC Radio 3. So instead of just launching into a cultured discussion about the Minack Theatre and alienating his audience, he may very well feign ignorance, and try to paint a mental picture of it in the minds of the listeners, from the perspective of someone coming across it for the very first time. They all do it.

He succeeded in birth. Nothing else.

Do you need a new email address aswell everytime you do this?

It must be all consuming.

If I didn't know better I'd say somebody is trying to get the thread closed down.......

Yeah, no-one in England knows who Chris Evans, Graham Norton, Jayne Middlemiss and Ricky Wilson are

Some day he might even read a book over 400 pages long! I know there's many here waiting for his review of Wuthering Heights.

In theory going to London is a good plan. We know he's not going to be returning to RTE in the short-term. None of the other Irish stations seemed to be biting. When you're in the entertainment business, the only thing that's worse than being talked about is not being talked about. He was starting to become yesterday's man. His radio show and the Late Late are doing fine without him. So what's left for him to do other than post on Instagram and turn up to open things in Connemara? He's not even trying to tailor his shtick to suit a British radio audience which makes me think this is a short-term gig to keep him occupied until something opens up back in Ireland. Maybe he'll become a permanent Q102 presenter and they'll quietly shelve in him London.

I think his MoS diary said he bought a lamp in Argos in Kilburn (he was recognised by a fan in the queue), but he may very well have bought seating for the apartment in St. John’s Wood somewhere too.

Think it fairly transparent, to everyone, that the despicable bookmaker is paying for his gig there.

So if by confounded you actually meant he has compounded the idea that everything in his life has been laid on for him then yes that’s 100% correct.

I don't think he was ever smart enough to play thick.

As pointed out earlier in this thread he adopted the mannerisms and style of a well known US host and never really veered from that jittery interpretation since.

He actually might have a chance to reinvent himself if he embraced England and forgot about Ireland for a while.

"Keep it tight, sound butch, play the Hits... "Buddy" lol to quote a certain well known Dublin Radio consultant, buddy!

One / two thoughts per max 30/60/90 sec link / break would suffice. Keep it topical, relevant, friendly. Talk "Up" your listener - don't lecture them!

Amen to that Enda. Imaging the snoop tape session if Tubs was sitting across the desk from that particular radio consultant?

Do you think there will be a bit of "talent coaching" for him at Virgin or will he protected from that?