“I do make myself be interested in places in a way that I don't make myself be interested in people.” PeopleWay Author:Jonathan Meades
“I don't like the theatre. I like plays in which the audience is addressed by the actors. I don't like seeing people talking to each other on stage as if there isn't an audience.” PeopleIfsPlayActorsTalkingAudienceSeeingStageTheatrePeople Talking Author:Jonathan Meades
“Brummies run themselves down, they're very self-deprecating. Whereas Yorkshire people certainly aren't.” PeopleSelfRunningSelf DeprecatingYorkshire Author:Jonathan Meades
“Conversion requires a subtler mind. Architects don't like it, architects want to create their own landmark buildings so that people a few years hence will say, 'Oh, that building there is being knocked down, who did that one?'” PeopleWantYearsMindBuildingConversionArchitectKnocked DownLandmarks Author:Jonathan Meades
“I think television is a medium which has the potential to do great things but has been traduced by these... terrible people who rise through the ranks.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensTelevisionTerribleGreat ThingsMediums Author:Jonathan Meades
“While I'm sure people in Britain have money worries, they don't have them like the French do. The French, however much money they have, are worried. They're a very stressed people. It seems to be a very essential component of the national psyche.” PeopleSeemsWorryEssentialsWorriedBritainComponentsStressed Author:Jonathan Meades
“For the most part, French cities are much better preserved and looked after than British cities, because the bourgeoisie, the people who run the cities, have always lived centrally, which has only recently begun to happen in big cities in England. Traditionally in England, people who had any money would live out in the suburbs. Now, increasingly, people with money live in the cities, but this has changed only in the last 20 or so years.” PeopleRunningChanged Author:Jonathan Meades
