The legend of 'Brian's shoe' ....

The 1979 movie called the 'Life of Brian' should be revisited by all of the anoraks who have created a split religious cult that one of their own called the 'Church of Caroline'. That cult accepts the mythology about 'Caroline', but it is divided as to which 'branch' of their church its members should follow. The movie 'Life of Brian' had its followers split between those who followed the sandal, or shoe, and those who followed the gourd or water flask.)

In 1927, which was the year that the second BBC began offshore broadcasting for the first time, an interesting controversy burst on to the pages of British newspapers regarding the right to broadcast in the United Kingdom. Here is one of those reports. (Please notice the final paragraph about who held all the power to decide who could broadcast, and who could not. The typographical error in the headline is as it was originally published.)