S11 Ep 11: Jon Sopel

Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware

Alice Williams

Music, Food, Arts, Kids & Family

4.8 • 12.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This is a GREAT episode. Zooming in from Washington DC, we talk to BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel about his new book ‘UnPresidented'.

Jon reveals that he was known to Trump as 'the guy who asks stroppy questions in the briefing room’. We get to hear about Obama's Christmas parties and the exquisite food laid on compared to the fries and chicken wings at Trump's do. He's been - and reported from - everywhere and we hear what family life is like for an international correspondent.

Growing up in the East end and spending a lot of time at the Jewish Youth Centre, he tells us about his bar mitzvah and the injustice of his friend's being allowed to sneak off with luncheon vouchers...

He longs to go to the Holly Bush pub in Hampstead as soon as he’s back in London and talks about having a TikTok account, thanks to his daughter who was incredibly impressed that he’s on Table Manners!

And we will leave you with this gem from Mr Sopel - 'Food off other people’s plates contains no calories'. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Darling, what are you going to do with all your holiday photos?
0:02.8	Well, the ideal thing would be to put them somewhere altogether, but my husband's very bad at it.
0:08.0	Well, have you heard about seaweed?
0:09.8	No, pray do tell me more.
0:11.2	They are a state-of-the-art company that makes photo books and all sorts of things out of your photo.
0:18.4	I would like a seaweed photo book and so I can have all the memories from our trip to the states.
0:23.8	Yes, that would be fun.
0:25.2	The seaweed photo book is a great way to tell a story. To remember an amazing holiday,
0:30.2	look back on a year of adventures or commemorate a special occasion such as wedding or birthday.
0:35.7	You probably would like a whole book of photos of me darling.
0:39.3	Absolutely. To remember someone you really love.
0:41.9	Well, you're not dead yet.
0:43.2	No, I'm no darling, but just to keep me in mind.
0:46.0	You're always on my mum's feet five times a day.
0:49.1	If you're looking for a personal and unique gift, go to cewe.co.uk.
0:55.3	Oh, my goodness, Jessie.
0:57.0	What, mum?
0:57.6	I've just got an Emma mattress.
0:59.6	It is the most gorgeous, most comfortable mattress I've ever slept on.
1:05.0	I think it's life-changing, Jess.
1:06.8	Did you get that 5% from our table man's code?
1:09.8	Yes, I did darling.
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