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I enjoy writing. Would I rather be playing golf? No. Would I rather be fishing? No.

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I think television does tease out a certain vanity in everybody when you look at yourself and you go, 'Oh Christ.' Maybe that's why my intros get shorter and shorter.

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There are two big beasts in the arts: the BBC and Sky Arts - challenging, leading the way.

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I was the only BBC graduate trainee in 1961 interested in arts broadcasting. I knew I wanted to write, and I had to make a living.

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Grime reminds me, if there is an echo, of sort of near enough like Liverpool in the very early Sixties. It's a lot of kids obsessed with music - obsessed with it.

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Miliband failed us, his Labour supporters. And Labour will now, because of him, be in a disaster zone for a long time.

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I do think the BBC could do more, but I've always thought the BBC could do more - I think there should be more arts programmes full stop.

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It's amazing that Sky is the only place that has two dedicated arts channels. The BBC is doing very well... but why don't they do more?

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If you look at the creative economy in this country, it's per capita way bigger than any other in the world.

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I got the job I wanted when I was 22, and I'm not going to give it up now.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Journalist

Born: October 6th, 1939

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