Like a lot of the British middle-class I am virtually perpetually listening to BBC Radio 4, It is a clock that regulates the days, and a kind of mental sustenance that can be brought even up to the peaks of a long hike over the Pennines of northern England. My interest was well and truly piqued therefore on Monday 8th of April when the important ‘PM’ news programme featured an interview with journalist John Sweeney about his recent exploits in the DPRK.

Sweeney is famous in the UK for having completely freaked out during his investigation of the Church of