Kirsty Young asks fascinating people what advice they would give their younger self.
, journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Young takes her guests back to meet their younger selves and asks the question: if you knew then what you know now, what would you have done differently?is an artist and broadcaster best-known for his ceramics, tapestries and public appearances cross-dressing as his alter ego, Claire. His work draws on his childhood as well as wider contemporary events.
And Grayson replies, “Yes, I'm both Prince and Princess in this tale,” and they both burst out laughing. “I mean, it just keeps going on. I seem to climb the greasy pole of the establishment with fair ease.”“There's nothing worse than a sort of tired old creative person who still thinks they're a rebel, in their 60s. I think it's awful, you know: ‘Oh, yeah. I've always been against the establishment.
“Punk was well in in the foreground at that time – punk was the guy that is a wind-up merchant out for a laugh, politicised, very much trying to plug into the culture.It’s a very apt description of Grayson's work, such as the ceramics and tapestries, in that they bring together topical subjects from the media with long-standing craft traditions.“I had a terrible temper. I could fly off the handle.
“You'd make a good Bishop,” says Kirsty, “I can see you in the rig-out is all I'm saying, now that you're part of the establishment.” And they both start laughing.Kirsty asks Grayson how great success as an artist has changed things. Grayson says he didn’t really become famous until his forties, by which time he’d mostly figured out the things he’s interested in.
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