My acquaintance with Shakespeare was brief and superficial. Apart from a glance or two in Palgrave at his Sonnets and watching Laurence Olivier in Hamlet, any deeper analysis of the Bard’s work was impossible.

I was too busy studying other subjects for my GCE exams.

I managed to scrape through the exam, which supposedly tested my knowledge ofTwelfth Night.

Eleven years of professional studies put paid to any resurgent interest in Shakespeare until Martin Bugelli on Campus FM launched a series of programmes entitled ‘A Taste of Shakespeare’.

Nearly half of the Bard’s plays were analysed at least to an extent of pointing out where the patterns of storytelling and character formation were distinct from play to play.

We all take for granted the services and sometimes the sacrifice that others go through in order to make our world a better place to live and to enjoy. Some of these good people offer their services voluntarily and without receiving any payment. Many share their knowledge and expertise and that in itself earns its own reward.

It is gratifying there are such people in this world and we should be thankful to them all.

In his last programme on Campus FM, Bugelli paid tribute to others for his creation.

A pity that modesty forbids praising his role and labour, so I hope this letter is sufficient acknowledgement and thanks.