AUDIO: Alan Bennett reads his 2017 Diary

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  • @wendychandler8304
    @wendychandler8304 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dear, dear Mr. Bennett, the 'scrotal itch' reminded me of another pharmacist who called to a packed end-of-surgery queue "Where's the gentleman with a bowel problem?". Anybody with a urinary infection must have been severely affected! Thank you once again.

  • @MrLetmein2011
    @MrLetmein2011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You're wonderful Mr Bennett!

  • @iestynovich
    @iestynovich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you so much for posting this. What joy!

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So easy to listen to all the way through, so entertaining, intellectual, artistic and agile in thought and description 😊 If there is a Crown Jewels of British literature…Alan Bennett is truly a sparkling one! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😉👍👍

  • @mimimc8685
    @mimimc8685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Alan Bennett has brought a tear a smile and a laugh. This Texan loves this man.

    • @teamcrumb
      @teamcrumb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      so nice to know. really presumptuous of me to just suppose he only appeals to an English audience. there are some wonderful clips here on youtube of a programme he did called A Night In With Alan Bennett (something like that) where he's picking all the old TV clips he grew up with that influenced his writing and talking about them, completely worth a watch

    • @mimimc8685
      @mimimc8685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@teamcrumb ,thank you .

    • @kelman727
      @kelman727 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Really? Yowie wowie.

    • @clearlake3492
      @clearlake3492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mini Mc I must admit that I'm surprised that someone so quirkily English (and northern English, at that) has even made an impact in Texas. I had always assumed that Bennett - like cricket - didn't travel well.

    • @alancanham2956
      @alancanham2956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love Alan Bennet,such a rare talent.

  • @4dorno
    @4dorno 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Pure joy from a wonderful English writer - we need to value this man. We really do.

    • @TomTom-df9ph
      @TomTom-df9ph 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4dorno I do so agree, what a national treasure. I used to buy all his diaries on CDs. What a brilliant discovery to find all this on you tube. I was once lucky enough to glimpse him near his cottage in Yorkshire . I was rooted to the spot and would have loved to have had the confidence to have spoken to him to tell him how much I admired and appreciated him.

    • @d.mavridopoulos66
      @d.mavridopoulos66 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which other living writers, do you esteem as much as Alan Bennett ?

  • @debbieevans1602
    @debbieevans1602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Alan Bennett , a pure joy for me as ever so many hrs of delight he has given me over many yrs .thankyou

    • @stephentimothy4679
      @stephentimothy4679 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i know it's kind of randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to stream new tv shows online ?

    • @malachiazariah7237
      @malachiazariah7237 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Stephen Timothy I dunno I watch on Flixportal. You can find it thru google =) -malachi

    • @stephentimothy4679
      @stephentimothy4679 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Malachi Azariah Thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it!

    • @malachiazariah7237
      @malachiazariah7237 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Stephen Timothy You are welcome xD

  • @peterhart8275
    @peterhart8275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Excellent as usual. Thank you.

  • @ginomendozauk
    @ginomendozauk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had forgotten A.B. in my latter years. Pure delight. Thank you for sharing a gem.

  • @jorybennett5932
    @jorybennett5932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    AB's observations and use of English are a joy.

  • @topherUSA
    @topherUSA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A delight. My favourite writer.

  • @ThefightingCelt
    @ThefightingCelt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His father's lifelong dislike of sport as a result of a cricket bat being taken back by the photographer at a sitting had me chuckling . Alan Bennett is indeed a national treasure , even though it's a term he cannot abide .

  • @thejustice3139
    @thejustice3139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope these get published 📙

  • @stevesandford8993
    @stevesandford8993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Almost IMPOSSIBLE to comment on HOW BEAUTIFUL Bennett is... (He refused a Knighthood...) xx SF

    • @ginomendozauk
      @ginomendozauk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Steve Sandford ... a great man that many should appreciate for more than linguistic skills and humour. He's an absolute delight. Maybe I'm a little biased coming from a Lancs/Yorkshire family, but I doubt it. Beyond beautiful. There is a Spanish word for this that we don't have in English, and that is duende.

    • @lindaflack8681
      @lindaflack8681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ginomendozauk ow

    • @lindaflack8681
      @lindaflack8681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      O4w

    • @lindaflack8681
      @lindaflack8681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      W

    • @lindaflack8681
      @lindaflack8681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ginomendozauk pwere

  • @martm216
    @martm216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His voice is quite restful to listen to.

  • @gordygibson4558
    @gordygibson4558 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alan Bennets gently acerbic observations may whip up nostalgiac enthusiasm amongst the chattering classes it belongs to days long gone . Yes Alan Bennet is still alive and well in 1970s aspic.

    • @vnurcombe
      @vnurcombe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Gordy Gibson how very Glad i am that I live in his world, and not yours.

    • @clearlake3492
      @clearlake3492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vnurcombe Excellently put.

  • @cerealboy3763
    @cerealboy3763 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why is Arsene Wenger the only football manager worthy of respect ???

  • @beritbranch2436
    @beritbranch2436 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quite a long while ago I was a domestic in the home of a movie mogul. Aneswering the doorbell one afternoon I was surprized to seeTyrone Power standing there. I had not been warned so awestruck led him to the living room. Of course, I later put it together that it had been the son of Mr. Power and Linda Christian. Shortly after that I was let go for having had a quickie in the beach house with Peter Lawfords brother, a dead ringer for his sibling. I was very young.