Former environment secretary John Gummer's big speech to a farming conference last week was interrupted by the noise of a squawking chicken.
It wasn't a bird flu protest, but the Tory grandee's ring tone on the mobile phone he had forgotten to turn off. "I like to be reminded of the countryside wherever I am," he said by way of apology.
Now commuters on the Piccadilly Line will also be reminded of wildlife and the countryside with an array of other bird and animal calls. These are not the wacky ringtones of fellow commuters, but a new art installation.
The Zoorama project involves different animal calls mingled in with platform announcements.
Listen out for the warthog, the moose, the spotted hyena, and many more at Kensington station - there is one for each week of the year. The artists behind the project, Heather and Ivan Morison say "The ebb and flow of movement inherent within Zoorama resonates with the urban migration that takes places every day on the Tube." You can even down load it as podcast.
