Bad slip by John Humphreys. It is quite wrong to state "the Chandos portrait is of Shakespeare", it should be "the Chandos portrait is alleged to be of Shakespeare" or "some people claim that the Chandos portrait is of Shakespeare". It is surmise (I would say wishful thinking) and in now way proven that it is a portrait of the person who wrote Hamlet.
Beardie probably was the best but his general knowledge questions were by far the easiest in my opinion
Spotted myself in the audience at 37s.
Thanks! Jerked off to that 😘
26 June 2014 [BBC broadcast]
Bad slip by John Humphreys. It is quite wrong to state "the Chandos portrait is of Shakespeare", it should be "the Chandos portrait is alleged to be of Shakespeare" or "some people claim that the Chandos portrait is of Shakespeare". It is surmise (I would say wishful thinking) and in now way proven that it is a portrait of the person who wrote Hamlet.