After I posted the piece entitled Denktash Fugue Syndrome, in which mention is made of Mrs Gubbins and her knitted tea cosies, I was deluged with mail from younger readers who complained that they had no idea what I was talking about. The general tone of these missives was along the lines of “Oi, Mr Key, what in the name of heaven is a tea cosy, for crying out loud, innit?”

• Brains In Bags
• Denktash Fugue Syndrome
• Tea Cosies : Your Questions Answered
• Frabbo Bilks Beppo
• Stormy Weather
• Quotation from The Curious Book Of Birds by Abbie Farwell Brown

This episode was recorded on the 31st July 2008. A complete transcript of this episode can be found on Frank Key’s Hooting Yard website. Accompanying Hooting Yard On The Air, the two publications Unspeakable Desolation Pouring Down From The Stars and Befuddled By Cormorants are available for purchase.

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