AUDIO: Alan Bennett reads his 2017 Diary
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You're wonderful Mr Bennett!
Alan Bennett has brought a tear a smile and a laugh. This Texan loves this man.
@teamcrumb
5 жыл бұрын
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
5 жыл бұрын
@@teamcrumb ,thank you .
@kelman727
4 жыл бұрын
Really? Yowie wowie.
@clearlake3492
4 жыл бұрын
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
3 жыл бұрын
I love Alan Bennet,such a rare talent.
Thank you so much for posting this. What joy!
Pure joy from a wonderful English writer - we need to value this man. We really do.
@TomTom-df9ph
4 жыл бұрын
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
10 ай бұрын
Which other living writers, do you esteem as much as Alan Bennett ?
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! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😉👍👍
Alan Bennett , a pure joy for me as ever so many hrs of delight he has given me over many yrs .thankyou
@stephentimothy4679
2 жыл бұрын
i know it's kind of randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to stream new tv shows online ?
@malachiazariah7237
2 жыл бұрын
@Stephen Timothy I dunno I watch on Flixportal. You can find it thru google =) -malachi
@stephentimothy4679
2 жыл бұрын
@Malachi Azariah Thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it!
@malachiazariah7237
2 жыл бұрын
@Stephen Timothy You are welcome xD
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 .
AB's observations and use of English are a joy.
Excellent as usual. Thank you.
I had forgotten A.B. in my latter years. Pure delight. Thank you for sharing a gem.
A delight. My favourite writer.
I hope these get published 📙
Almost IMPOSSIBLE to comment on HOW BEAUTIFUL Bennett is... (He refused a Knighthood...) xx SF
@ginomendozauk
4 жыл бұрын
@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
2 жыл бұрын
@@ginomendozauk ow
@lindaflack8681
2 жыл бұрын
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@lindaflack8681
2 жыл бұрын
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@lindaflack8681
2 жыл бұрын
@@ginomendozauk pwere
His voice is quite restful to listen to.
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
5 жыл бұрын
Gordy Gibson how very Glad i am that I live in his world, and not yours.
@clearlake3492
5 жыл бұрын
@@vnurcombe Excellently put.
why is Arsene Wenger the only football manager worthy of respect ???
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.