Five Minutes With: AA Gill

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  • Опубліковано 20 січ 2025

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  • @handcrafted30
    @handcrafted30 5 років тому +40

    His book Pour me a life is actually one of the single best pieces of writing that has ever graced a page.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 5 років тому +3

      Just picked it up again. superbly written.

    • @gilwillia
      @gilwillia 4 роки тому +2

      Yes, it was. Extraordinary. He didn’t waste a word.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому +2

      @@thewomble1509 whenever the world stop making sense I come back here. Knowing the big C took out this bigoted man with the hugely disproportionate head brings a smile to my face.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 3 роки тому

      @@ticketyboo2456 I take your point. He was a gifted writer and knew his way around a menu but he also had a lot of help getting to where he got. having a father who worked in TV production and being married to amber Rudd did him no harm.

    • @painterly_porcine262
      @painterly_porcine262 4 місяці тому

      "Mutton dressed as yack " was a bit harsh towards Vordeman (Caroll) but Germans - people of the forest and linguistic and phonetic typewriters thrown down concrete stairwells still typing on aluminum foil - spot on.

  • @paulmadgin9035
    @paulmadgin9035 7 років тому +28

    What a wonderful world of free speech we live in. But don't abuse a man for his views or failings after his death. Have the guts to challenge him when he can still challenge your views.

    • @YZ450f24
      @YZ450f24 7 років тому +1

      Paul Madgin this idiot could have all the time in the world to respond to the most simple question, and fail to give a answer that is even somewhat logical, don't stoop to his idiotic level.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому

      What a wonderful world where no body has to listen to this English man drone on any more.

  • @davis7099
    @davis7099 8 років тому +26

    Reading " Pour me" His words knit together insight , wit, writing about art as someone who studied art, funny and literate. Firm but fair! You will be missed.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 5 років тому

      @@user-oo8xp2rf1k You|?

    • @user-oo8xp2rf1k
      @user-oo8xp2rf1k 5 років тому

      @@thewomble1509 ok: you can't think. But can you fight? Seriously, just curious.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 5 років тому

      @@user-oo8xp2rf1k Can I fight? Physically or verbally?I would say yes to both but just fists, no knives or any other cowardly bolox.
      I can think too, hence my enquiry as to your obvious hatred of mr Gill.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 5 років тому

      @@user-oo8xp2rf1k P.S. don't cross swords with me, just a FRIENDLY WARNING.

    • @user-oo8xp2rf1k
      @user-oo8xp2rf1k 5 років тому +1

      @@thewomble1509 I can't remember the beginning of this thread or remember the video and have no idea who he is. So will take your word for it that i said something foolish. And am happy to disown whatever I said earlier. Was genuinely curious when I spotted your recent comment.
      Good to hear you can fight. It justifies the bravado and makes it look less trollish.

  • @77777aol
    @77777aol 7 років тому +7

    AA Gill - a trooper !

  • @J.A.Seyforth
    @J.A.Seyforth 4 роки тому +3

    "I wasn't artistic, I just went to Switzerland..." Hahaha

  • @roathripper
    @roathripper Рік тому

    miss this guy. his TV criticism in the 90s was essential reading. wish they'd put out an anthology

  • @odinsmeadhorn196
    @odinsmeadhorn196 4 роки тому +8

    People who can, do; people who can't, critique.

  • @colincampbell2418
    @colincampbell2418 3 роки тому +4

    Brilliant writer . ✔️

  • @degaulle30
    @degaulle30 2 роки тому +2

    I do so love this man
    RIP

  • @markalbers5255
    @markalbers5255 2 роки тому +1

    I agree..brilliant!

  • @painterly_porcine262
    @painterly_porcine262 4 місяці тому

    I knew there was a parallel chord in there somewhere - artschool environment to epic writer in spite of being sylexic and "Other".

  • @mikeyk212
    @mikeyk212 6 років тому +6

    The man who does these programs is brilliant. He should do more TV but I don't see him much on it. Wonder what he does now.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 6 років тому +3

      His Jewish Father was a Knight and his Grandad was a renowned Concert Pianist so don;t worry about him.
      He actually did 220 of these.

    • @JaguarDevice
      @JaguarDevice 5 років тому +2

      He sometimes hosts a show on LBC now

    • @Tony26971
      @Tony26971 4 роки тому +1

      He died in 2016 of lung cancer.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому +2

      He's in warmer climes now

    • @RogerJJSmith
      @RogerJJSmith 3 роки тому +2

      @@Isleofskye Matt Stadlen lives in a £4m house in Notting Hill, where he was brought up. His father was a High Court judge.

  • @wallacetf
    @wallacetf 6 років тому +5

    that first question was so dumb

  • @MouldyFudd
    @MouldyFudd 3 роки тому +1

    Should be a movie made about this man if they find the right actor. Maybe one day.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому +3

      W Bertie could one actor really muster enough smug English arrogance?

    • @michael_gibbs
      @michael_gibbs 2 роки тому +1

      Nicholas Hoult might be a shout.

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye 6 років тому +5

    I am beginning to see why he was disliked,sadly. The awkward start when he knew perfectly well what was being asked but it was the end that was revealing.
    The split second that the 5 minutes were up he was up and would have been away without, even, a handshake had Matthew not extended his hand to him.

  • @angushogg3667
    @angushogg3667 2 роки тому

    Shameful things said here by a minority of contributors. I love free speech - listening to AA Gill is what a few delicate flowers just have to get used to.

  • @richeyjh
    @richeyjh 2 роки тому

    Your name, by law, is whatever you choose to be called

  • @itsjustme9354
    @itsjustme9354 8 років тому +2

    never heard of him before until a news break in New Zealand stories. Tbh I don't like his snotty attitude the end.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому

      K W he was loved in the UK in the same way as COVID,

  • @TheStanley1000
    @TheStanley1000 9 років тому +7

    what a terrible interview!

    • @Da1Dez
      @Da1Dez 2 роки тому

      Nothing to do with the interviewer though

  • @MarkHarrison733
    @MarkHarrison733 Рік тому

    I am so glad Gill smoked 60 cigarettes a day.

  • @ticketyboo2456
    @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому +4

    On this occasion I'd say cancer was a good thing.

    • @hunterhemingway3477
      @hunterhemingway3477 3 роки тому +1

      excuse me

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому +1

      @@hunterhemingway3477 Cancer. Dead. Nuff said.

    • @hunterhemingway3477
      @hunterhemingway3477 3 роки тому +5

      @@ticketyboo2456 so the fact that someone you don't like/agree with/never knew has passed on to a horrible disease, you are happy about that? That this fella was a scourge to humanity. What a horrible thing to suggest.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 3 роки тому +2

      @@hunterhemingway3477 karma

    • @funkyalfonso
      @funkyalfonso 2 роки тому

      tickety boo You are truly a piece of shit. Adrian was a friend of mine and a great guy. RIP.