Grayson Perry: what are the liberal elite afraid of?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Grayson Perry is an award-winning artist and documentary maker who has spent most of his career teasing the establishment. He likes to tackle the big subjects like class, gender and how we deal with death. Perry makes ceramic vases and tapestries, cross-dresses and is now so famous he’s on the national curriculum. We went to see him at his pottery studio in a wealthy part of North London, where he swore about the liberal elite and moaned about well-educated remoaners. Producers: Philly Beaumont and Lucy Hancock Mixed by Weidong Lin Editor: Harriet Noble Warning: Strong language in this episode.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, I'm Matthew Price.
0:08.8	This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4, the podcast that asks a big question every day.
0:14.0	Today, what are the liberal elite afraid of?
0:27.0	Often we turn Friday over to one person to sound them out about a subject on their radar.
0:34.3	Today we wanted to get Grayson Perry's take on things because he's made an art out of tackling
0:39.9	the big topics.
0:41.5	Grayson Perry is multiple personalities.
0:44.4	He's an award-winning artist, a documentary maker.
0:47.5	He makes ceramic vases, he makes tapestries, he cross dresses.
0:52.0	He's so famous he's even now being taught about in schools.
0:55.0	He really likes calling out the establishment,
0:59.0	hypocrites and snobs.
1:01.0	But what's really weird is that he is part of the establishment and he admits it.
1:06.9	We went to see him at his pottery studio in a really wealthy part of North London and
1:11.0	he surprised me because he totally laid into and swore about the liberal
1:15.4	elite. Do you mind if I start playing you something I recorded with my daughters last night?
1:20.3	No, that sounds fun.
1:23.0	How old are they?
1:24.7	So Lila is 8.
1:27.3	Amy is 6.
1:30.0	And it takes a little bit to get into.
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