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Starkey being on Essential Classics strikes me as intensely ironic.
In my imagination I can hear him excoriating the Radio 3 for using celebrities like himself and for the producers and presenters being so utterly crass as to rely on a checklist of questions that every guest is asked.Last edited by johnb; 12-10-11, 15:21.
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Originally posted by johnb View PostStarkey being on Essential Classics strikes me as intensely ironic.
In my imagination I can hear him coruscating the Radio 3 for using celebrities like himself and for the producers and presenters being so utterly crass as to rely on a checklist of questions that every guest is asked."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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John Skelton
Originally posted by johnb View PostStarkey being on Essential Classics strikes me as intensely ironic.
In my imagination I can hear him excoriating the Radio 3 for using celebrities like himself and for the producers and presenters being so utterly crass as to rely on a checklist of questions that every guest is asked.
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Originally posted by johnb View PostStarkey being on Essential Classics strikes me as intensely ironic.
In my imagination I can hear him excoriating the Radio 3 for using celebrities like himself and for the producers and presenters being so utterly crass as to rely on a checklist of questions that every guest is asked.
I always wonder whether he has conducted supervisions at Cambridge. Just imagine being 19 and having to turn up and have your work criticised by him once a fortnight! On the other hand, his private persona may be rather different from his public one. Sir Edward Bairstow (organist of York Minster) was noted for being very critical and not afraid of expressing his opinions in the most forthright manner; but I met a chap (not Francis Jackson!) who had organ lessons with him in the 30's what he was like, and the answer was "kindness itself".
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Originally posted by John Skelton View PostSo how much was David Starkey paid for his stint?
Article from the excellent Morning Star online
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/n...ew/full/110931
I bet they don't still get free wine and smoked salmon as they did in 2009 unless they bring their own ...
The other possible perk is a little series, perhaps on The Essay.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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John Skelton
Originally posted by french frank View PostDoubt he'll get pro rata £75,000 per hour as the guideline price per programme, excluding presenters' wad, was £1,400. But free seats at the Proms, including seat in the R3 box with the high-ups would be a possibility.
The other possible perk is a little series, perhaps on The Essay.
Originally posted by french frank View PostI bet they don't still get free wine and smoked salmon as they did in 2009 unless they bring their own ...
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Domeyhead
You don't have to agree with somebody's opinions to enjoy the way they can articulate their thinking, or describe their reasoning. THat is how we broaden our own minds. There is nothing more tiresome than listening to someone whose views always overlay your own. I find Starkey extremely entertaining and far more challenging than someone like Rick Stein but that doesn't make me think like him. If his views challenge my own then I have to evaluate and test my own beliefs. I find Billy Bragg equally entertaining and eloquent but I don't necessarily subscribe to his views either.
Having said all that what do I want to listen to Starkey's or Stein's musical choices? One is a historian, the other a cook. I can understand listening to the selections of (eg) a professional concert musician becuase they can iluminate their choices with musical insight. How is Rick Stein supposed to further my enjoyment of a piece just because it happens to remind him of something he did when he was younger?
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Originally posted by Domeyhead View PostHow is Rick Stein supposed to further my enjoyment of a piece just because it happens to remind him of something he did when he was younger?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Norfolk Born
More often than not, I disagree with the David Starkey's views, but he's, like, dead articulate, a lovely listen and his own man, innit? I would certainly give 'Breakfast' a go were he to introduce it - alternating, possibly, with Simon Heffer. (I don't always share his views either, but really enjoyed his straightforward, undemonstrative but recognizably enthusiastic championing of English music on Saturday Classics a few weeks ago).
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