Ada Lovelace was described as the mother of computingWords and Music: Genius, Polymaths and Prodigies, Radio 3Close friends were talking about their lazy Sunday afternoons – we’re all retired now and the toad work no longer squats on our lives. Our friends’ Sunday afternoons involve good coffee, newspapers (hard copy, no online scrolling for them) and the radio (maybe even call it the wireless) in the background – specifically Iggy Pop on Radio 6 Music, and Words and Music on Radio 3, with a little of Add to Playlist on Radio 4 thrown on. Time spent in the company of Words and Music is time spent stumbling upon dear friends and meeting up with exhilarating new ones. It’s a blend of readings and music that is just beautiful. In this Words and Music there were readings from Wordworth’s “Lines Written A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” about the power of nature to shape the poet’s life.