Charlotte Metcalf about ambition, working with Margaret Thatcher and his âundistinguishedâ life.
Iâd met Matthew Parris briefly before when I went to watch him interviewing the ceramicist Emma Bridgewater about her sister Nell Gifford, who started Giffordâs Circus. In a crowded room he probed Emma, still raw from her beloved sisterâs very recent death, with kindness and gentle restraint. It made me want to know more of the person behind the consummate interviewer. Most people know Matthew as a columnist and from Radio 4âs biographical programme
Great Lives â heâs presented over 500 episodes. Last year came
Fracture, Matthewâs book about how geniuses and great lives are often forged in trauma. Ed Vaizey and I talked to him about
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I m sure we ve all fantasised about what we d do if we won millions in the Lottery. The day job would be the first to go. You can just see yourself breaking the happy news to envious whey-faced colleagues before heading off to a hastily arranged news conference.
Clutching that outsized cheque and glugging champagne for the whirring cameras, you ve already drawn up the wish-list: big house, flashy cars, designer clothes, Cartier watch, a small army of flunkies who ll laugh at your pathetic jokes.
Of course, you d show some largesse. After all, that s one of the most enjoyable parts of the fantasy, working out whose life you d change. and whose you wouldn t.