13 MAR 2024 · This time… we start with cereal for dinner… you won’t believe the suggestion of the USA Kellogg’s boss.  We look at the Crooked House Pub in Dudley, West Midlands… it’s an intriguing story.  We talk about re-use of buildings and the surprising number of new buildings still appearing.  Plus… the radio station currently off air… for a very strange reason. We talk our perennial favourite topic… hotel stays… from chain hotels to a recent stay we have made at an old fashioned hotel in Bournemouth.   Andy tells us why he always feels a bit queasy in guest houses but how we loved our traditional bed, breakfast and evening meal bargain.   Don’t forget… if you are in the UK and travel by train… get a bolt-on PlusBus ticket for good value travel for silly money... that's what we do.  Please get in touch, we love to hear from you… tell us where you are.  Send a message via the website: twovoices.co.uk

28 JAN 2024 · This time...we talk about old bank notes, the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange. The UK appears to now be a coffee culture over tea. We talk about moving to other countries and learning the language. We love a stay in a "pub with rooms" but notice young people come down to hotel breakfasts with their bags and coats on. What's that all about? Mixtapes and owning music... with the rise of online music... Nick realises that we don't actually own our own music anymore... its quite sad... but equally... quite efficient! We talk the rent culture and how the UK is all about owning, whereas European cities are filled with renters. That gets us onto the annoyance of Brexit (something we've avoided discussing before!) Finally... Andy makes a great recommendation that you tune in to a wonderful Youtuber "The Narrowboat Pirate". Heidi is fabulous. She has a filthy sense of humour and you'll love her... like we do! Get in touch with our show via our website... twovoices.co.uk

20 DEC 2023 · Christmas cuddly toys linked with shops – from Venus flytraps to Caterpillars. There’s our usual Retail Roundup. Wilkos is back open in Luton. Smarter M&S stores. Local Radio…not so local. Shirts with pleats… avoid. The robotic café with GPS. Nick reveals potential Christmas death-traps around the house. He finds it difficult to keep a straight face… not because the issue isn’t serious but by the way the article was written. We think you may laugh along! Please do us a Christmas favour… share our podcast or leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Speak soon in 2024. (Nick and Andy)

10 NOV 2023 · This time we discuss our recent trip to Scotland. It's a fabulous country and only an hour away from Luton Airport. We stay in Glasgow, jaunt over to the coast at Largs. Plus we take the train to Stirling and Edinburgh. You tell us how you enjoy hearing about places to visit in the UK so we hope this will inspire your next tripette. Get in touch.... email nick@twovoices.co.uk or leave us a lovely review wherever you listen to our podcast from. Thank you.

27 SEP 2023 · This time… Andy has a moan about unnecessary communications from companies… Nick cannot walk through a moving train. Why are the recycling systems so different across the country? Two further questions… why are the British never prepared for the weather and why our trains are so expensive? As predicted Wilkos has finally gone bust. Andy reminds us of the bargain food mixer he bought from there. We talk fitness, walking and poor supermarket sandwiches when you do decide to go out for the day. That leads us onto poor bread! Finally… Andy tells us how Neighbours has returned to TV. He tells us what he thinks of it. It’s all here… get in touch via the website: twovoices.co.uk

10 AUG 2023 · We’re back after a summer break. We went to Brighton on the weekend of the big hotel fire (we had nothing to do with it!). We talk about Brighton’s faded grandeur but we can recommend a decent fish and chip shop. Andy talks about Dawlish… another fine place to visit and how the railway runs right along the seafront but advises you don’t drive to Devon. We talk about our old friend the train day ranger. In retail roundup Wilko a major 400 store chain in the UK looks like it’s going bust. Andy tells us Greggs bakeries are going to go into Sainsburys Supermarkets. We think that’s a bit tacky! We are probably contributing to the demise of the High Street as we have started shopping on Temu… and find it surprisingly good. Finally… we talk about a series we have found based in Canada called Project Bakeover. Series 1 was great but series 2 has some rather strange quirks. Have you seen it? Get in touch: nick@twovoices.co.uk

22 JUN 2023 · This time… we are looking at heritage brands. Why are old brands popular again? Nick is drinking Slush Puppie fizzie and it’s delicious (and cheap). Do you remember from the 70s orange “juice” in a packet? Andy remembers his mum throwing away things with E-numbers in as Plymouth Sound Radio told her to! With a heritage theme we talk about actors from our childhood coming back including Christopher Biggins with a podcast interviewing his friends. We look at the hefty price of ice-creams from ice-cream vans and discuss buying an ice-cream maker…. then ask why is the weather in the UK tropical? We have four seasons of weather in one day. It didn’t used to be like this! Plus… Andy has weed-killer woes. Finally… we ask if we are in the wrong job… should we become the seagull scarer of Whitby? that’s where the money is. Get in touch with the show… nick@twovoices.co.uk or go via our website and send us a comment: twovoices.co.uk

22 MAY 2023 · We've reached Episode 200! We talk about our first ever episode that came from our Radio LaB 97.1FM radio show. We look at the Eurovision Song Contest… why so much fuss this year? TV licence fees… We find that it's not just the UK that has one. Who pays for all these subscription channels? Andy tries to find a way to learn foreign languages via TV channels. Other countries are much better at languages than the British. Why is that? Plus...Nick unusually does some binge watching of Welsh TV drama.… Our recommended watch is: Banjo Beale - Designing the Hebrides. Thank you for supporting us for 200 episodes. Get in touch via our website: twovoices.co.uk

15 APR 2023 · This time... We are back from another narrowboat holiday. Listeners tell they like hearing about our UK Canal boat experiences. We travel from Norbury in Staffordshire to Middlewich in Cheshire via the Audlem lock flight. Find out what it was like. Plus... We pay tribute to Paul O'Grady a.k.a. Lily Savage... What a performer! Finally... We box up the podcast in Tupperware... while it's still around! (Tupperware that is!) Our next podcast is our 200th! Do us a favour... leave us a review wherever you get our podcast from. Do get in touch anytime via our website: http://twovoices.co.uk/ or at http://facebook.com/twovoicesradio

24 MAR 2023 · This time... we discuss using webcams and choosing backgrounds. Andy is suffering but bored at being home watching daytime TV. Loose Woman and Carol McGiffin. Heir Hunters... The only programme with no reveal. We talk about the drama "Nolly" based on Crossroads actress Noele Gordon that leads us on to talk about the BBC in Birmingham and their big plans. Plus... the drive thru bakery and the whole drive thru concept. John Lewis word salad. Sports Direct is using face scanning software. Messing around with hot cross buns... and wash it down with an olive oil coffee blah! Sorry about Nick's poor microphone. It's been rectified for next time! We are coming up to our 200th episode. Is there anything you'd like to ask us or anything you'd like us to feature? Get in touch: nick@twovoices.co.uk or via our website: twovoices.co.uk