Get up now and go and find Robert Kilroy-Silk. Smile in a warm, friendly sort of way, then punch him on the nose. Now go and find Robert on television, despite my best endeavours, this is still relatively easy to do. Wait for a close-up, same smile, and punch him on the nose. If you followed the instructions carefully, you will have noticed a distinct difference. On the one hand, you were suffused with a sense of public-spirited righteousness; on the other, you're probably dribbling blood. That's the difference between reality in life and reality on television.
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting… - A. A. Gill
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting…
- A. A. Gill
The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead … - A. A. Gill
The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead …
Making a programme that appears to condone a positive stereotype actually enforces all the negative ones as well. It says that they all have a valid … - A. A. Gill
Making a programme that appears to condone a positive stereotype actually enforces all the negative ones as well. It says that they all have a valid …
The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to… - A. A. Gill
The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to…
A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor'… - A. A. Gill
A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor'…
Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions. - A. A. Gill
Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are g… - A. A. Gill
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are g…
Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the goo… - A. A. Gill
Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the goo…
All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it.… - A. A. Gill
All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it.…
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