Sir James Dyson

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Sir James Dyson talks to Gyles about his remarkable journey: from academic under-achiever to one of the world's most successful inventors and businessmen. Sir James takes us back to the start, when he was a schoolboy at Gresham's School in Norfolk, the son of a schoolteacher, until he was blindsided by the tragic death of his father when he was only nine. Was it this early bereavement that set him apart, and encouraged his desire to be independent, to be different? Or was it his love of the solitude of long-distance running, or his unusual talent for art and design? In this fascinating conversation, recorded at Dyson HQ in Wiltshire, Gyles goes behind the legendary inventions to the man and his beginnings. Thank you very much to Sir James for taking the time to record this with us, to to all the team at Dyson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Six opinionated Brits with very different views on immigration,
0:03.6	experience parts of refugee routes to Britain.
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0:09.4	Oh my God, what is this?
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0:35.0	As I'm often saying,
0:37.2	if they're in the news, they're on Rosebud.
0:39.9	Cue the music. We are now approaching. I'm on a train. Well, you can tell. We're now approaching.
1:07.2	Please take all your belongings with you. I'm going to take all my belongings with me, including all my recording equipment.
1:13.5	I just hope that I don't leave anything behind because, oh, I've got to mind the gap as well.
1:18.6	Oh, this is ridiculous.
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