John Wilson
speaker
3,312 appearances
24 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 17 Sep
John Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That sort of thing has gone now.
People kind of overshare.
Here I am oversharing.
You know, it's currency now, whereas before it was a private event.
And it's particularly when you come from a naval family where, you know, you know what the risks are.
But I think nowadays there's far more attention paid to the families.
In fact, I know there is because I help a charity called the Naval Children's Charity, which looks after people who are disabled.
you know, in trouble because they've lost a parent.
Because, of course, nowadays it's women and men, mothers and fathers who are at risk.
But I think in those days there was a very much a kind of culture of just don't mention it and keep going.
And I think that was probably left over from the Second World War.
And, you know, you just keep going.
But it's also the fact that it was a military family, so there's an expectation of a sort of stoicism, isn't there?
Yes, absolutely.
I mean, my mother was completely not from that world at all.
How did she cope with that?
Well, I don't really know.
Did you never talk about it with her later?
Yeah, we did.
But it was always a bit fraught.
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