You’ll love Hilda Matheson if you love Radio 4,
She is the arbiter of what the station stands for.
As the first director of talks, she had her say,
And shaped the programmes we love today,
She founded quality journalism and radio,
So in my book deserves a really stupendous halo.
Lord Hailey took credit and rolled in the hay,
But SHE was responsible for the African Survey…