Starkey

[John Skelton]

Besides, as a right-wing populist homosexual he has a unique place in today's media.

None of the dozens of other right-wing populists who decorate today's media are homosexuals, then?

[Mandryka]

None of the dozens of other right-wing populists who decorate today's media are homosexuals, then?

If they are, they choose not to identify themselves as such: Starkey has been open about his sexuality for a long time. I believe he describes himself as a 'Tory liberterian'.

His comments about the August riots were brilliantly provocative, imo: the fact that they upset so many complacent armchair liberals can only be a good thing.

[amateur51]

His comments about the August riots were brilliantly provocative, imo: the fact that they upset so many complacent armchair liberals can only be a good thing.

I found those remarks to be deliberately and gleefully provocative and nothing else. He claims that Maitless wouldn't let him finish his remarks but I haven't seen a subsequent article in which he expands and explains further. A sort of posh right wing rent-a-quote stirrer.

[Caliban]

I found those remarks to be deliberately and gleefully provocative and nothing else. He claims that Maitless wouldn't let him finish his remarks but I haven't seen a subsequent article in which he expands and explains further. A sort of posh right wing rent-a-quote stirrer.

I thought that was his worst performance of any I've seen - as mentioned above, I tuned in BECAUSE he was on but he was embarrassing.

Far more importantly, Ammy, are we going to get a decent review of your lunchtime freebie?

[ardcarp]

I suspect Stakey would agree with all the adjectives, pejorative and otherwise, except 'posh' to which he would react rather strongly! Being a Grammar School boy from Kendal doesn't make you posh.

[Sparafucile]

Hi all,
I have now turned to referring to Breakfast as 3beebies, so infantile has it become.
I really can't be bothered with it anymore, so I peruse my CD and tape shelves before going to bed and pick out what I want to listen to the next morning while getting ready for the working day. I picked numbers are random last night and counted along the shelves and ended up listening to Bartok's Duke Bluebeard this morning. When did anyone last hear that on Breakfast! Corking stuff!

[Caliban]

3beebies

Perfection, Sparafucile! Love it

Though not sure what it has to do with the good Dr Starkey.... Wrong thread?

I peruse my CD and tape shelves before going to bed and pick out what I want to listen to the next morning while getting ready for the working day.

Ventihorn will have your guts for garters...

[amateur51]

I suspect Stakey would agree with all the adjectives, pejorative and otherwise, except 'posh' to which he would react rather strongly! Being a Grammar School boy from Kendal doesn't make you posh.

Wearing handmade suits in outlandish fabrics and being driven round in an elderly Daimler by a uniformed chauffeur is posh - affected posh if you must - tho' I believe the Daimler has been discarded (now that he's got his Freedom Pass!?)

[Mandryka]

Wearing handmade suits in outlandish fabrics and being driven round in an elderly Daimler by a uniformed chauffeur is posh - affected posh if you must - tho' I believe the Daimler has been discarded (now that he's got his Freedom Pass!?)

Starkey can afford the chauffeur because his media career has made him a multi-millionaire.

I've never read any of his books, but those who have tell me they are surprisingly dull: everything Starkey the personality is not.

I suspect he realised early on that he was an unexceptional historian and that the only thing that would put him ahead of the pack was his sharp tongue and audacity. If you trawl youtube, you may just find his first public appearance on C4's 'Trial Of Richard lll': from the word go, it was obvious that he was a 'star'.

[MickyD]

Starkey can afford the chauffeur because his media career has made him a multi-millionaire.

I've never read any of his books, but those who have tell me they are surprisingly dull: everything Starkey the personality is not.

I suspect he realised early on that he was an unexceptional historian and that the only thing that would put him ahead of the pack was his sharp tongue and audacity. If you trawl youtube, you may just find his first public appearance on C4's 'Trial Of Richard lll': from the word go, it was obvious that he was a 'star'.

Heavens, that brings back memories of my days working at LWT - I had forgotten that programme. Every member of the production team I knew became completely immersed, finding it a fascinating experiment.