Episode 6 (S3) - Fair trade, trade fairs, and other cunning stunts!

Another hour of topical chat starts off with a nostalgic foray into the world of the trade fair. Recollections of times gone by, when sales were made, hangovers earned and swag gathered, are brought right up to date as Tim inventorises his plunder from an event at Birmingham's NEC. Stationery stocked up for the year ahead, we discuss how trade fairs have evolved, and evaluate if the Isle of Wight could be turned into a floating offshore exhibition venue.

How to spend our downtime fills the middle portion of our ponderous ponderings, and we wax polemically, on the choices we have to read, to listen, to watch, or to experience. We choose the podcasts we consider to be the fount of all human communications and share some embryonic ideas about nostalgic tech and gadgets with a promise of a future special.

Political lunches and Bob’s Bread Circle wrap up our fortnightly ramble as we flesh out plans for future podcast specials and assess the island ferries as being the equivalent of a rocket ship launch when leaving the island, and a safe, gentle re-entry with splashdown upon returning.

Stick with us as summer vibes start to take hold in the joyous life-affirming discourse captured in our hour of inspirational outpourings. If not you, then whom.

Thanks for listening

Tim and Rory

We quite like a podcast and we also quite like the Isle of Wight, where we live. So here is QWight Like. A Podcast. A love letter to the island we call home covering varied subjects such as food, drink, music, art, news, politics, life, the universe and everything in between. Our episodes will cover topics that resonate on the island and from the island, aiming to both entertain and inform. Come and visit this glorious place and enjoy the food, the views, the clean air and the people. In the meantime, enjoy our gentle riffs and be gentle, we're new to this.

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