John Wilson
speaker
3,430 appearances
25 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 4d ago
John Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'm really interested, Michael, looking around your library, looking at the shelves, just as there are so many facets to your writing, so many different themes, they seem to be ordered by theme on the shelves.
So there's nuclear physics down here, there's lots of travel, there's a philosophy section clearly up there, isn't there?
What about at home as a child?
Can you remember books at home?
You were born in 1933.
What are your earliest memories of home life, family life?
Did you have asbestos in the house?
Did he bring samples home?
In your 2010 memoir, which was called My Father's Fortune, you explored your family backstory and it also recalls the tragedy of your mother's death when I think you were 12 years old.
She died very suddenly, didn't she?
What do you remember of that day?
On This Cultural Life, Michael Frayn, my guests choose the influences and experiences that have most inspired their own creativity.
And the first choice on the list that you sent us is Arthur Ransom, author of the Swallows and Amazons series.
So when did you first read him and those stories?
Inspiration or plagiarism?
Puppets?
You had puppets as a child?
So did you know as a child that writing was the future for you, do you think?
Mr. Brady, yes.
He saved me.
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