Gyles Brandreth
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I have plenty of paper around my apartment, believe me.
It's a profile of Oscar Wilde.
Because I'm the president of the Oscar Wilde Society, and we were having a discussion about were there people who could talk in the style of Oscar Wilde living today.
And I mentioned James Baldwin, and one of the fellow members mentioned you, and I thought we must present this little plaque of Oscar Wilde to you.
No, this is for real.
This is for real.
I appreciate it.
You get to keep it.
Three more quick questions.
From your early years, or actually from your life, a moment of joy, sheer joy.
Then pick out one.
It doesn't need to be the death of your parents, the death of a pet you keep animals.
I eat them.
But the moment, the game in a way is rather like with the Scribner's thing.
That immediately came into your head.
That, I said joy, and that came to me.
That'll do.
And what has life taught you?