The Feud (Pt 4) - Who blinks first?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Martyn Percy’s employer questions the Dean’s mental capacity as the feud shows no sign of abating. And he's in hot water over an article, published on his website, in which he references the Holocaust.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manvine here. |
| 0:03.8 | Today's episode is part of an ongoing series here on Stories of Our Times. |
| 0:09.4 | The feud is about a bitter dispute at one of the oldest, most prestigious university colleges |
| 0:15.6 | in the world. |
| 0:16.6 | It's hosted by my colleague Andrew Billon. |
| 0:22.2 | Last time on the feud. |
| 0:25.0 | The whole thing was weird and creepy. |
| 0:27.6 | He assaulted me while wearing a collar in a cathedral. |
| 0:31.8 | The allegation was that I had said to this woman, I couldn't take my eyes off you during |
| 0:37.1 | the service. |
| 0:38.1 | Well, in actual fact, I was rowed and I was sitting next to my wife and I have in fact |
| 0:42.6 | got pretty terrible eyesight. |
| 0:45.4 | She says you actually stroked her hair for ten seconds. |
| 0:49.3 | Did you touch her hair? |
| 0:50.6 | No. |
| 0:51.9 | Some people hope that this would be unbeatiful moment. |
| 0:55.1 | Need to. |
| 0:56.1 | It happened to me. |
| 0:57.1 | And of course, not a single person did. |
| 1:00.8 | Before this incident happened, people were far more sympathetic. |
| 1:06.5 | People then started to be like, actually, that does sound a bit creepy. |
| 1:19.4 | I do not like the doctor fell. |
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