Babel Lecture 2022 with Stephen Fry: 'What we have here is a failure to communicate' (17/06/22)

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  • @andrewg9839
    @andrewg9839 Год назад +494

    As an Australian, I find it hard to agree with Brits calling Stephen Fry a national treasure. He is much more than that. He is a treasure to humanity.

    • @debrasawarin8869
      @debrasawarin8869 Год назад +12

      I agree wholeheartedly. I admire him tremendously.

    • @DB-qw6xq
      @DB-qw6xq Год назад +1

      Sadly his perception of certain things are clouded by his narrow atheist worldview.

    • @difrancophile
      @difrancophile Год назад +18

      @@DB-qw6xq and so you imply that a believer’s view is more expansive? Please attempt to justify this conceit.

    • @jeraldbaxter3532
      @jeraldbaxter3532 Год назад +11

      @@DB-qw6xq The implication being that Christians do not suffer from a narrow minded point of view?

    • @g.m.2427
      @g.m.2427 Год назад +5

      @@DB-qw6xq Like insisting that there is actual evidence any gods, or do you prefer people to make up their own reality?

  • @richardadams5716
    @richardadams5716 2 года назад +350

    This is a man whose funeral I would queue for . A genuine national treasure

    • @elizondorj
      @elizondorj 2 года назад +57

      I would rather he kept on living forever ;-)

    • @brianbuch1
      @brianbuch1 2 года назад +27

      Only if he were giving the eulogy.

    • @sitarnut
      @sitarnut 2 года назад +8

      Thirty thousand were reportedly in the queue for Victor Hugo.... Stephen is worthy of 30 million souls.

    • @JDavi
      @JDavi 2 года назад +2

      Agreed

    • @BlacksmithTWD
      @BlacksmithTWD 2 года назад +12

      I'd rather queue to hear him talk before that.

  • @youkeepwalking
    @youkeepwalking 2 года назад +363

    As gifted an orator as you will find..and does not talk down to people...he engages, educates, delights and inspires. Humane and talented.

    • @readventurekids
      @readventurekids 2 года назад +17

      Yes, this is what I find Stephen does better than many people with this level of intelligence. He's uncannily able to use his humility to downplay his own intelligence and empower people, giving them an uplifting feeling and sense of worth. He's ruddy lovely, that bloke.

    • @JDavi
      @JDavi 2 года назад +3

      Well said

    • @kathrynschauf1784
      @kathrynschauf1784 2 года назад +3

      All the required assets of a great man.

  • @rovcanada1
    @rovcanada1 Год назад +46

    I'm totally gobsmacked! I'm a rather uneducated man, but when I heard Stephen mention how hearing those lines from an Oscar Wilde play sent him into a sort of 'eureka!/rhapsody' moment, I couldn't help think of the way I was struck by the writing of Jane Austin. It wasn't the stories so much, but the prose. I was working offshore on an oil platform in the Middle East at the time, and all I could think of was that I couldn't wait to get onshore and phone my Mother, telling her how much Austin's language 'sung' to me. It's an art, and I love it. PS: I can catch a cricket ball ... rather well, in fact!

  • @sarahleonard7309
    @sarahleonard7309 Год назад +52

    I could listen to this man talk for hours. His joy literally brings tears to my eyes. What a delightful expression of human potential!

  • @Jason-lw7tk
    @Jason-lw7tk 11 месяцев назад +24

    He is so admirable. So uniquely intelligent, humorous, kind and graceful. We're all the better for his brilliant existence.

  • @coulombedon
    @coulombedon 2 года назад +208

    Stephen Fry isn't just my favorite Englishman, he's my favorite human.

  • @skirmish23
    @skirmish23 Год назад +68

    I could listen to him for hours, no matter the subject. Such a soothing yet engaging voice

    • @nidieunimaitre007
      @nidieunimaitre007 3 месяца назад

      Then listen to his youtube on Troy...superb.

  • @mrcrute
    @mrcrute Год назад +28

    I had a similar experience with language as a kid- my old man used to read me a series of pretty esoteric books about a verbose travelling storyteller called Kai Lung (set in an imaginary version of ancient China). One of the lines I’ve never forgotten comes when a bandit accosts Lai Ling on a lonely road and says “Please allow me to gain more honour than I can reasonably bear by escorting your obviously imperial personage with this inadequate, but heavily loaded, weapon.”

    • @garethwilkinson3456
      @garethwilkinson3456 Год назад +1

      Grand, and nice to hear it.

    • @heliumcalcium396
      @heliumcalcium396 Год назад +7

      Years ago I was part of a story-reading group; we gathered once a week, and took turns reading passages from our favorite books aloud. One evening as we were just setting up, a young woman asked about the book I'd brought, took one look at the cover -- and nearly fell out of her chair.
      She was an avid reader of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy Sayers, in which LPM and his wife quote the Kai Lung books to each other, and she had always believed that those delightful books were Sayers' inventions as much as Wimsey himself. To see an actual copy of _Kai Lung's Golden Hours_ with her own eyes, to suddenly realize that these books _actually existed,_ was a little too much for her.

  • @pierremainstone-mitchell8290
    @pierremainstone-mitchell8290 2 года назад +30

    Further proof, if further proof were needed, that Stephen Fry is nothing less than a bloody genius!

  • @anabellademarchi4325
    @anabellademarchi4325 Год назад +24

    Such an eloquent inspirational and empowering speech! As an English user from a non-English speaking background, his message struck a chord. English does belong to everyone!

  • @Neerajexplains
    @Neerajexplains 9 месяцев назад +5

    He is verbal personification of absolute perfection

  • @MM-yi9zn
    @MM-yi9zn Год назад +13

    Stephen Fry is a rare jewel & a universal treasure. He has such an abundance of talents that it’s impossible to enumerate them. His actual speaking voice is a pleasure to listen to. His knowledge about so many topics is awesome & makes us listen with rapt attention.

    • @stuwhite2337
      @stuwhite2337 Год назад

      He's alright but you wouldn't want to be stuck in a lift with him

  • @ciscomoto
    @ciscomoto 3 месяца назад +3

    What a beautiful man, a communicator, educator and debater with such an engaging personality.

  • @joaopereiradacosta7602
    @joaopereiradacosta7602 2 года назад +51

    Mr Fry’s words are like honey drops to our ears

  • @creamyy1425
    @creamyy1425 Год назад +10

    I’m a huge fan. Thing about him is he can’t seem to get out of his own head. His thoughts are almost consistently self-centered. He doesn’t visit our world but instead invites us to stroll through his head. That’s why I adore him.

  • @peterc2248
    @peterc2248 2 года назад +117

    I so wish that every single English Language teacher in every school watches and learns from this brilliant, brilliant man. That for me was 45 minutes of inspiration, entertainment and education. So many thanks for posting it.

    • @jeroendebruyne2165
      @jeroendebruyne2165 Год назад

      As a second language teacher with 20 years under the belt (I don't know whether it is proper English), I agree to the fullest. After just one minute in I thought to myself ... How I would like to see this person teach English to a semi advanced group of second language learners. He would have to adjust for pace, vocabulary and complex instructions. Scarcity makes mastership (do not know whether that is English too).
      I would really like to see how that goes. Not doubting he would nail it, but very curious how he would do it.

    • @mikeleach4201
      @mikeleach4201 11 месяцев назад

      Mybug lives!

  • @OscarMikeF150
    @OscarMikeF150 10 месяцев назад +4

    I love Stephen Fry in every situation that I find him in.

  • @Roberta-q1q
    @Roberta-q1q 9 месяцев назад +2

    I only jumped double jump ropes once, to make sure I could; then quit while I was ahead.
    That's how I felt keeping up with Stephen with my Iowa ears.
    I toughed it out because he makes my own verbosity seem moderate.

  • @Rhyshud
    @Rhyshud 2 года назад +72

    I was lucky enough to be in the audience. Fantastic experience. Such a shame that the university announced it is closing the linguistics department the next day.
    Stephen fry is a national treasure, thank you for bring us his profound intellect.

    • @tinaa4737
      @tinaa4737 2 года назад +5

      How ironic.

    • @jwvandegronden
      @jwvandegronden 2 года назад +17

      That is not just ironic but borderline criminal to invite Fry knowing far too well it was in vain. I hate that kind of treachery!

    • @torenatkinson5708
      @torenatkinson5708 2 года назад +3

      What was the A Bit of Fry and Laurie sketch shown? I want to find it on youtube but don't know what to look for

    • @jwvandegronden
      @jwvandegronden 2 года назад

      @@torenatkinson5708 A Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language ruclips.net/video/3MWpHQQ-wQg/видео.html

    • @Rhyshud
      @Rhyshud 2 года назад +3

      @@torenatkinson5708 it's called concerning language

  • @paulpeterson4216
    @paulpeterson4216 2 года назад +28

    Get this guy in front of a bunch of linguists and he grabs the opportunity to show off his amazing vocabulary with both tonsils. Of course I could listen to Stephen Fry read the phone book, and marvel at how he would never mispronounce any name at all.

  • @moussapolytropos
    @moussapolytropos 2 года назад +21

    I would listen for hours to St Fry, talking about anything! He can make any subject immensely interesting

  • @kjrunia
    @kjrunia 2 года назад +55

    I feel immensely lucky to have stumbled on his lecture. Thank you for sharing.

  • @shirin4762
    @shirin4762 2 года назад +23

    in another (perfect) universe, stephen fry is an english professor, inspiring young minds to find their own voice and just create

  • @jasonsearle7832
    @jasonsearle7832 Год назад +5

    I don't always understand what this brilliant man is saying, but damn it I feel all the better for hearing it.

  • @rajo741
    @rajo741 Год назад +5

    Entertaining, engaging, educating and just all round a lovely, kind and playful soul. He makes the world richer.

  • @lincolndiasramos
    @lincolndiasramos Год назад +13

    Mesmerizingly masterful. Fry sounds to me to be in every way the linguistic personification of absolute perfection.

  • @alasdairmacarthur5910
    @alasdairmacarthur5910 Год назад +7

    The man is national treasure.

  • @nneichan9353
    @nneichan9353 Год назад +13

    I love this man.
    Every thing I've ever wanted to say, but lacked the ability to articulate, he has said so beautifully I have also fallen in love with the replay/rewind buttons.
    And this love makes its appearance in every Fry lecture/speech I've had the pleasure to hear. I'd willingly curl up at his feet to listen.
    Fry is the person who has made me understand the devotion of students who grouped around famed ancient philosophers, longing for the discourse of the day.

  • @JonBogdanove
    @JonBogdanove 2 месяца назад +1

    Of all the Stephen Fry available on the internet, THIS may be the most delightfully Stephen Fry-ish of all! A treasure!

  • @NoudlePipW
    @NoudlePipW 2 года назад +19

    I'm so, so glad he's better now. Idk what I'd do in a world without Fry!

    • @jonahgerfin4409
      @jonahgerfin4409 2 года назад

      Hello, how are you

    • @NoudlePipW
      @NoudlePipW 2 года назад +1

      @@jonahgerfin4409 Meh, I'm grand. You?

    • @jonahgerfin4409
      @jonahgerfin4409 2 года назад

      @@NoudlePipW I see, sound good where are you from

  • @dmisso42
    @dmisso42 3 месяца назад +2

    Listening to Stephen Fry brings tears of jealous envy to my eyes.
    I could listen tirelessly to him speaking on any subject he might choose.

  • @philipsmith1990
    @philipsmith1990 2 года назад +23

    While encouraging us to play with language, he plays with it in a fascinating way, simultaneously at multiple levls of wit and wisdon. A genius.

  • @tuomasprivate6986
    @tuomasprivate6986 2 года назад +22

    That's 45 minutes of music as good - if not better - as any music ever composed. Such flawless use of the language.

  • @dominicbarnard5446
    @dominicbarnard5446 6 месяцев назад +2

    What heart in a man,
    A lexicon of phenomenon,
    A brain of beauty,
    I know few who would refute it.
    His love for language inspires all,
    Allows others to stand tall,
    Grow within themselves,
    And revisit book shelves.
    This master of words,
    Helps us look upwards,
    To reach for the stars in the sky,
    Oh how I love Steven Fry.

  • @monicaaparecidaoliveira8063
    @monicaaparecidaoliveira8063 Месяц назад +1

    Oh, what a lecture! Stephen Fry, you are just great!

  • @ajinuk2001
    @ajinuk2001 2 года назад +244

    Hopefully the new King ignores the rules and politicians and bestows a long overdue knighthood. Stephen Fry is worth more to our country and culture than many of the other "Sirs" combined

    • @thejokingcat783
      @thejokingcat783 2 года назад +30

      My understanding that Fry has been offered a Knighthood multiple times yet he has turned it down.

    • @Hospitaller-hospitaliser
      @Hospitaller-hospitaliser 2 года назад +16

      Stephen Fry was offered a knighthood but he turned it down, I don't quite remember why but I think it was something to the effect he didn't want the 'sir' title.

    • @nektekket852
      @nektekket852 2 года назад +19

      He's accepted an honour from Greece, as it's a republic, but has described the idea of monarchy as "ridiculous" .

    • @christopherluke9658
      @christopherluke9658 2 года назад +2

      No one deserves it less

    • @stub1256
      @stub1256 2 года назад +9

      @@christopherluke9658 what about Jimmy Saville?

  • @BlackHayTV
    @BlackHayTV 2 года назад +34

    This is absolutely wonderful to listen to. What a great speaker and writer. Such wit, humility, and humanity.

  • @Teresa-ih4sn
    @Teresa-ih4sn 5 месяцев назад +2

    Yes words might be great but they way they are read by Steven is an orgasmic episode for the ears! Love him!❤

  • @nikotsiopinis9909
    @nikotsiopinis9909 2 года назад +11

    It's a sheer pleasure and delight to be exposed to such a crisp enunciation of English!

  • @DavidVoisin-ij2bh
    @DavidVoisin-ij2bh Год назад +4

    One of the most beautiful speeches ever from a man with an intellect and a heart the size of planets. May Stephen Fry live forever.

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings 2 года назад +13

    There are few people who write or speak as well as Stephen Fry. Whether its his retelling of the Greek myths in Mythos, Heroes and Troy or reading the words of JK Rowling, I could listen to this man speak for hours.

  • @dewinthemorning
    @dewinthemorning 2 года назад +7

    Wow! Wow!!! Stephen Fry is just wonderful!

  • @carolking6355
    @carolking6355 2 года назад +27

    I am 80, I when I was at boarding school aged 8, 3 of us had a bath together every day after school. I was at the top end and read Enid Blyton stories out loud. The girl at the other end would turn on hot water, the girl in the middle would paddle it up to me. One of the VERY few happy memories of living in hell. How I still love words and books. Love you Stephen ❤

  • @paulbeades6681
    @paulbeades6681 2 года назад +19

    A Master perfectly demonstrating his craft. Don't you just Love Stephen Fry.

  • @dietervonhellstrom9164
    @dietervonhellstrom9164 2 года назад +3

    Stephen Fry is the best of us.

  • @mihaimoldo
    @mihaimoldo Год назад +8

    Thank you Babel for this talk!

  • @ashroskell
    @ashroskell 2 года назад +21

    I am imbued with a refreshed respect for my mother tongue. I think all people are at their most entertaining and compelling when they speak of the things they love rather than decry the things they loath, which is what so much of the internet and RUclips comment sections in particular have become for in the minds of so many. The sheer charm of enthusiasm is something we should celebrate more of, without cynicism or suspicion. Just the joy of something shared and understood. Thank you, Stephen.

  • @tomr.knudsen3897
    @tomr.knudsen3897 2 года назад +9

    Amazing, when he finished, I could not believe he had been talking for 45 min, could listen to him all day.

  • @mikezizis3725
    @mikezizis3725 Год назад +3

    Thank you, thank you, thank you - may 10,000 thank you's bloom, Stephan! As Dylan Thomas said; " it is only English that can sound at once poetic, scientific, lyrical, harsh, musical, and thunderous."

  • @LiamDaLemon
    @LiamDaLemon Год назад +2

    What an oh so very bubbly disquisition, over-spilling with erudition, light and enlightenment. Delightful.

  • @Northcountry1926
    @Northcountry1926 2 года назад +14

    To attend just one of his Presentations … is on my Bucket List 💯‼️

    • @aimomar33
      @aimomar33 2 года назад +1

      If I attended one of his live presentation there would be no subtitles running on my screen, I’m at loss then!!

    • @Rhyshud
      @Rhyshud 2 года назад +2

      I was there!

  • @heatherdepasquale9803
    @heatherdepasquale9803 10 месяцев назад +2

    Always refreshing to hear from Stephen Fry.

  • @michaelcluskey9279
    @michaelcluskey9279 2 года назад +29

    As a graduate of University of Huddersfield, a huge fan of the English language's ability to continually morph and adapt to our landscape over time and a constant inquisitor of the ever patient Gordon Byers at said University, I am crestfallen I was unable to attend this lecture. I have parroted many of Fry's talking points over the years to those attempting to shackle my use of our wonderful language. I would then use my complimentary moist lemon scented cleansing square to wipe up afterwards 😀 Thank you for sharing this for us mere mortals to enjoy.

    • @pamelagartner3759
      @pamelagartner3759 2 года назад +1

      😅 I’ve just watched that Fry and Laurie video!

  • @TheAdekrijger
    @TheAdekrijger 2 года назад +16

    Mee eens heerlijke taal Nederlands. Just read Troy and I'm still reading Mythos. Always knew he was a writer, never knew he was a great writer until I picked up some of his books.

  • @alexj3709
    @alexj3709 2 года назад +18

    Bravo Stephen Fry! Your enormous talent and wonderful humility are truely inspiring. Listening to and attempting to grasp and digest the most eloquent flow of words and ideas in this lecture is impossible. Fortunately, we have rewind and replay to help we mere mortals attempt to understand.

  • @richmotroni
    @richmotroni 2 года назад +9

    No one has ever been around Stephen Fry and thought “I am smarter than him.”

    • @BlacksmithTWD
      @BlacksmithTWD 2 года назад +1

      Only because the people who are have better things to think about than 'who is smarter'.

    • @JackSymonds-i1z
      @JackSymonds-i1z 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@BlacksmithTWD You have a point, the most intelligent person I have ever listened to is Christopher Hitchens 😊

  • @AtrociousNightmare
    @AtrociousNightmare 2 года назад +6

    Absolutely delightful. I adore Stephen so much.

  • @asgerddunkel9347
    @asgerddunkel9347 Год назад +3

    What a joy is language- indeed...have fun with it, something we enjoy so much at home, and what a joy is Stephen Fry who enriches us all with his wit and humor. Thank you Stephen Fry

  • @demmimorelle4654
    @demmimorelle4654 2 года назад +18

    Only a speech Stephen Fry could deliver! Thank you for sharing......very much enjoyed! ❤️🇦🇺🐨

    • @smkh2890
      @smkh2890 2 года назад +3

      Indeed! a speech only SF could deliver!!

    • @trueaussie9230
      @trueaussie9230 2 года назад +3

      Even more important than choosing the 'right' words is ensuring those words are presented in the 'right' order.

  • @brightmal
    @brightmal 2 года назад +12

    Once again, listening to Fry generates happiness.

  • @jameswest8280
    @jameswest8280 2 года назад +3

    My gratitude to years of British television, therefore and henceforth, preparing me for the comprehension of the soliloquy articulated by esteemed gentleman.

  • @kavorka8855
    @kavorka8855 2 года назад +11

    Jeeves, you've done it again!

  • @cantantephoto8696
    @cantantephoto8696 2 года назад +9

    He walked the walk as well as talked the talk, his presentation being a perfect example of the actual subject itself…or is it “it” ? Loved the London Paris analogy. Bravo to you or “yourself”. Thank you Stephen.

  • @kingy002
    @kingy002 2 года назад +52

    The delivery is as good as the theme. A new original piece by Stephen is always something to behold. Thank you for sharing this with me here in New Zealand.

    • @t.p.mckenna
      @t.p.mckenna 2 года назад +3

      It was astonishing so it was. I had something to get on with, so almost had in on in the background, and yet I could follow it so well.

    • @sitarnut
      @sitarnut 2 года назад +3

      Ate this for breakfast here in Amarillo, TX. Stephen is "The Living End" as we used to say.... I suspect more than a few of us would freely give our eyeteeth to sit down for 10 minutes with him... and then, be too embarrassed to open our mouths.

  • @martincotterill823
    @martincotterill823 2 года назад +6

    Stephen, you're wonderful!

  • @erice5847
    @erice5847 2 года назад +6

    One of the best things I have ever laid ears to thanks for making this available

  • @DominicDSouza
    @DominicDSouza Год назад +1

    So many comments here that I wholeheartedly agree with. Stephen Fry is truly a treasure but also continues to help guide us to our higher sense of who we are and who we should aspire towards.

  • @brianfreeman8290
    @brianfreeman8290 2 года назад +6

    Like the late Dr Sir Jonathon Miller CBE, Stephen is an absolute joy to listen to, regardless of the subject matter.

  • @joycarmichael1476
    @joycarmichael1476 Год назад +2

    Stephen Fry talks to us all because we all speak some or other language. I love that we are able to express ourselves in language. Thank you sir.

  • @cpnlsn88
    @cpnlsn88 11 месяцев назад +2

    Not going to lie. That's a great speech. Should be printed and published.

  • @richardhall206
    @richardhall206 2 года назад +10

    What a joy it is to listen to Stephen Fry. I love his writing as well.

  • @danremenyi1179
    @danremenyi1179 2 года назад +5

    Stephen Fry is clearly the UK leading public intellectual. He may even by one of the most important public intellectuals on the whole planet.
    Thank you Stephen.

    • @BlacksmithTWD
      @BlacksmithTWD 2 года назад

      Have you checked all other public intellectuals who happen to have another first language than English?

  • @KerryJ
    @KerryJ 2 года назад +63

    This is such a delight - it's musical, education, heart warming, delightful - thank you for your generosity in sharing this.

  • @JoelHouck
    @JoelHouck 11 месяцев назад +1

    Oh Stephen, you are so magnificent. I wept like a little girl at the suffix of your presentation. What a treasure you are. You are the celebrity, living or dead, that I would most like to have to dinner. You are the perfect guest at a Japanese tea ceremony where the formality of the performance dumbfounds even the host while holding the profound knowledge that the entire purpose of the ritual is paradoxically the honoring of the guests. You are the epitome of the definition of the "true gentleman" as defined at the conclusion of the first act of my one man show Southern Freud Chicken. "boys a true gentleman is simply this, someone who makes everyone else in the room feel more at ease.
    Thanks for that Mr Fry.
    Xx

  • @robertd.carver6240
    @robertd.carver6240 2 года назад +4

    Absolutely riveting! Who would have thought that a 45-minute lecture on language would have been so fascinating or so vital an analysis of not only dialectics and all the rest, but of our humanity?

  • @waynejones6535
    @waynejones6535 2 года назад +3

    Imagine, if you will, just how enriched this sadening world could be with just a few more Stephen Fry[s] ...

  • @Kimsta
    @Kimsta 2 года назад +4

    One of the few people I can joyfully listen to for hours on end. If you haven't discovered his podcast series on the seven sins I absolutely recommend you go find it! Hours and hours of a delightful Stephen in his element. His use of language and his delivery is such a joy. I have listened to the series several times, the extra listens were partly due to the fascinating topic, but really it was so I could sit back and enjoy listening to this exceptional human. We are so lucky to be alive when he is, to be witness to this art ❤️

  • @Kimsta
    @Kimsta 2 года назад +5

    "...the lickability of it all" his word choice is heavenly 🥰

  • @louisadigrazia1285
    @louisadigrazia1285 Год назад +2

    Wonderful wonderful wonderful! Thank you❤

    • @babelzine
      @babelzine  Год назад

      Our pleasure Louisa, we're glad to hear you enjoyed Stephen Fry's talk!

  • @pbinnj3250
    @pbinnj3250 Год назад +2

    Just listening reminds me again of the poverty of my education. It is a wonder to conjure these thoughts, it is something even more grand to articulate them. I am ever discovering new skills of Stephen Fry. Every time I feel grateful and frustrated. Why are there so few people like him?

  • @BeatlemaccaAR
    @BeatlemaccaAR 2 года назад +24

    Listening to Stephen is always an absolute pleasure 🥰

  • @roccoxxxx1
    @roccoxxxx1 2 года назад +8

    A master of eloquence. Thank you Stephen!

  • @sheilac5319
    @sheilac5319 2 года назад +21

    Wonderful! Thank you for making this lecture available.

  • @johnlgordon
    @johnlgordon 2 года назад +6

    I just had so much fun listening to this lecture.

  • @jota893
    @jota893 7 месяцев назад

    I can’t find the words to express my admiration and joy of knowing English and thus marvel at and with Stephen Fry.

  • @pazitor
    @pazitor Год назад +1

    Masterful, and humbling. I am both delighted and abashed.

  • @henriettejosephine
    @henriettejosephine Год назад +2

    What a pleasure to listen to!

  • @readventurekids
    @readventurekids 2 года назад +18

    Mesmerising, as always. Such a treat to share a chunk of the timeline of life with Stephen as part of it. Just love him to bits.

  • @naderkhalfan9067
    @naderkhalfan9067 2 года назад +3

    Bloody marvelous.

  • @_Michiel_
    @_Michiel_ Год назад +1

    Oh, the eloquence and wit of this lovely man! ❤

  • @paulbannon498
    @paulbannon498 2 года назад +11

    He is of our time, but in an old fashioned way and makes me smile ( ah the whiskey has kicked in ) Keep on keeping on Stephen 😃

  • @saidfarid6382
    @saidfarid6382 Год назад +3

    Hello Professor
    Thank you so much for your interesting information,i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time.
    All the best.
    Your Student from Algeria.

  • @Crazyrat84
    @Crazyrat84 2 года назад +5

    What a gift to the human collectiv, amazing!

  • @oldreprobate2748
    @oldreprobate2748 Год назад +1

    I've always found you a great intellect Mr. Fry.

  • @anafegarciaenebral1843
    @anafegarciaenebral1843 2 года назад +3

    Thank you, Stephen.🙏🏻☺️

  • @alisonmcshannon1196
    @alisonmcshannon1196 2 года назад +4

    Let's talk and talk about talking and words and love it 😍

  • @sorenjames2310
    @sorenjames2310 2 года назад +5

    Wonderfully inspiring, thank you

  • @johnpricejoseca1705
    @johnpricejoseca1705 3 месяца назад +1

    I was pleased to hear Mr. Fry bring up Lamar and Eminem, categorizing them as poets who "get it". A lovely talk.

  • @imomedvidek
    @imomedvidek 3 месяца назад +1

    Stephen Fry is an international treasure