Every time I see a video of Stephen Fry I am always impressed with his genuinely warm and welcoming demeanor. Not to mention his mastery of the English language. He comes across as a truly genuine soul who is not hiding an alterior motive and presents his true self. He is definitely in the top 3 list of people that I could invite for dinner, have a nice roaming chat and die knowing that I met one of the best and nicest people that has ever walked this earth.
Msr.Fyre, if you wish to mention a mastery of the English language, you might do well to know the spelling of that word were 'ulterior', not 'alterior', as in 'ultimate' and 'ultra', not 'alternative' and 'alternate', though both might derive of a similar source to an 'interior' or 'exterior'. [It is arguable whether anyone can have a mastery of the English language: the full grammar thereof, to be found of Oxford University library shelves, in volumes 15" high and 5" wide, takes up some 60' of space (and the vocabulary is similarly voluminous), there being so many alternative rules, spellings, and words to those one might otherwise have considered the ultimate of their kind.]
I have a soft spot for both authors, so I've always loved how much Doyle and Wilde admired each other despite them coming across as so different from one another. In his Memories and Adventures, Doyle talks about how fascinated he was with Wilde and his "delicacy of feeling and tact", his conversational skills and his sense of humor, and how "He towered above us all, and yet had the art of seeming to be interested in all that we could say". He also defended him on his trials, if I recall correctly.
+Marcomanseckisax Being in Virginia, I had no idea what chavesque meant and so necessarily spent the entire morning educating myself. We have the equivalent to chavs here, known as wiggers. Yes, that is a racist term but conveys quite a bit about the mannerisms and aspirations of a particular segment of the disaffected working class youth. (please note: If one searches the terms pornhub, chav and Burberry, an entire week could easily be frittered away.)
His audiobooks of Harry Potter were vastly superior to the guy who did the US ones. He paid attention to the dynamics in the text, and his voice is sublime.
Doubtless one reason why he was picked to play Oscar (opposite Jude Law as Bosie) in 1997's Wilde. If you've not seen it, find it, it is (for my money) the definitive film on Wilde, and Fry's performance will blow you away.
And isn't it an amazing synchronicity that Stephen Fry is available to play Oscar at a time when someone is needed to play him, that looks like him. They both have a deviated septum!
I teach English in Chiang Mai and despite the enormous difficulties my students have with structure and vocabulary, Conan Doyle and "A Study in Scarlet" remains one of the most popular subjects my students prefer. Despite the dearth of film and other video sources for the critical 2nd book examples.
In fact Sherlock Holmes did not have quite such a noble brow . Moriarty remarked on meeting him that there was somewhat less prefrontal development than he had imagined . You could try this when you next meet your boss if you are looking for early retirement.
SO MANY MANY THANKS. SENDING TO MY SONS AND HAVE MY DOYLE SHIELD OUTSIDE. ALSO OUR WRITERS. INCLUDING STEPHEN FRY! SO WRITTEN FORTUTUDINE VINCIT OUTSIDE AND IF LOCAL ITIES CANNOT MANAGE A BIT OF LATIN ... WELL
Very interesting EXCEPT FOR that annoying background music when Stephen is talking. Why do people do that, it makes it much harder to hear. We come for the talk, not someones idea of music.
@Kris Moodley Well, it depends on which online historical inflation calculator you use, I suppose?... I've gotten various answers but the highest is around £12,000
For a very interesting Detective series, read the series where Oscar plays a detective not unlike Holmes the first in that series is............... Oscar Wilde and A Death of No Importance by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth,
I would enjoy seeing this entire show. I think I have read every Sherlock Holms story Doyle wrote. Do you think there is any chance of you loading the rest for those of us outside the original viewing area? Stephen Fry always seems to know the most wonderful things.
Forget Fry, it's only the dad from one of the best movies ever made that's beside him!!! I never knew he had such a strong accent, he really toned that down in Hope and Glory.
what’s the comparable comparison today with that hundred pounds British sterling ? like how much would it be today , five thousand British pounds ? ten thousand British pounds ? sterling
To show their universal appeal. In a way it's trying to illustrate Fry's point that he can't imagine a time when the Holmes stories won't be in print. He obviously can't demonstrate that they will survive into the future - but he can show that they obviously have survived 100 years or so since written and become enormously popular worldwide, transcending borders/cultures - which is a reasonable basis for assuming they will continue to appeal for a long time yet
This video, to my Dutch eyes, seems so very Brittish. In all the positive ways. I think we Dutch sound like an uncivilized bunch of brutes next to this.
Dennis Lewis, That would be an educated IRISH NATIONALIST, educated in Trinity College Dublin for 4 years and educated in Oxford for 4 years. You obviously seem to have forgotten that. Such a shame that you were so selective.
amadan9999 really? As a Brit, I can't say I've ever heard him described as anything other than Irish. A quick look at the top results of a google search "british poet oscar wilde" would suggest blame lies with our North American friends
Its really annoying how Connan is never described as Scottish or a Scotsman.... he's always described as "British" ....Oscar Wilde is at least given his nationality!
Fry is ok, likeable and affable enough. I am a little bored with the youtube fetishisation of him as if he is some kind of genius. It's mostly uneducated people who fall into this unfortunate and silly adoration. There are lots of educated, interesting people, including Fry, in this world. Please start reading books for yourself and start thinking for yourself. If you try, you will find you too can use language in perfectly apt and perfectly lively ways.
Nice, but absolutely uselessly non-informative....nothing about what was discussed or said at the meeting....the publisher's imput to the writers....especially, what they dined on....8 minutes of self-promotion....tsk, tsk...
