Excellent gathering at a pub not far from Broadcasting House yesterday, where friends of the late Peter Donaldson and friends of Zeb Soanes, one of his protegees, took some light refreshment. Peter used to occasionally call chums across the BBC to a 'Donaldson Day' as a way of winding down from overnights and early starts; Zeb has chosen a move to evening broadcast with Classic FM to avoid the stress of those shifts.
This multi-generational, multi-disciplinary group was, however, rather miffed to find that the hostelry, which plays on a traditional and austere re-interpretation of the public house, has taken out its beer handpumps; it may find that future 'Donaldson Days' have moved on...
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