9. Sir Grayson Perry

Young Again

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Kirsty Young talks to the artist Sir Grayson Perry about what he’s learned from his life so far. Once cross-dressing punk rebel, now ennobled member of the British establishment, Grayson Perry’s extraordinary life has given him plenty of material to inspire his art. He reflects on how his traumatic childhood resulted in him retreating into a rich fantasy world and considers whether he would have been given the freedom to explore it artistically had he been starting out today.

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? In Young Again Kirsty takes her guests back to the pivotal moments in their lives. Reflecting on what they wish they’d known at the time, and what they’ve learned along the way, she discovers the honest – and surprising – advice they’d give their younger selves.

Producer: Laura Northedge Content Editor: Richard Hooper Executive Editor: Alice Feinstein Senior Technical Producer: Duncan Hannant Presenter: Kirsty Young

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0:30.3	Toast. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
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0:38.7	Hi, I'm Kirsty Young, and this is Young Again, my podcast for BBC Radio 4.
0:46.2	What conversations would you have with your younger self? How do you reflect on the big decisions you've made?
0:52.6	What have you learned from your life so far?
0:55.8	Well, in this edition of Young Again,
0:57.9	I'm talking to an artist whose work has laid his life bare.
1:02.1	Much of his childhood was scarred by domestic upheaval,
1:05.9	intermittent neglect and even violence.
1:08.4	And if the often excoriating detail of the world he explores through his
1:12.8	art make us uncomfortable, so much the better, he luxurates in prodding the tortured sensibilities
1:20.7	of the middle class and seems to have little time for the imposed exclusivity of the gallery
1:26.0	where all is hushed and reverential and tasteful.
1:30.3	He is also an acclaimed documentary maker and very famous too for sometimes wearing dresses.
1:35.7	When we spoke, he was pretty matter of fact on the now so often tortured topic of gender identity.
1:43.1	In this edition of Young Again, I'm listening and learning from the effervescent, Grayson Perry.
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