Blood sport

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On, uh, Blood Sport.

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And like any proper Roman city, York also had to have an arena.

Bloodsport was not only appreciated throughout the western half of the empire, it was expected.

Archaeologists haven't yet found the structure where Eboracum's people went to watch gladiatorial combat, public executions, and fights between hunters and wild beasts, but there are strong indications that it did exist.

A plaque discovered with a skeleton during excavations beneath York's railway station bears the inscription Domine Victor Vincas Felix, meaning May Master Victor Have a Lucky Victory.

Hello, and welcome back to Litter On The Breeze, Songs On The Radio, the podcast about every Suede album, every Suede song on every Suede album, some Suede songs which aren't on Suede albums, and everything else in between.

Hello everyone, I'm Rory, and today you join us for part two of our look at Suede's 2013 comeback album, as I'm going to call it, Bloodsports.

If you joined us last week, and I very much hope that you did, you will have heard I and the wonderful Millie Fournier tackling the first half of the record.

Today, you will hear us pick up from Hit Me, go all the way through to Fault Lines, with a few tangents here and there, and after that we will administer the all important Litter On The Breeze, Songs On The Radio score rating out of ten.

Of course, today, as I have a guest with me, that's going to affect the average one way or the other.

Just how will it affect it? Well, you'll have to listen to the end and find out.

Well, I think now, no further ado, let's get straight into track six on Bloodsports.

This is Hit Me.