Jeffrey Bernard's Desert Island Discs

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  @castelodeossos3947 · 3 years ago (edited)

  &apos;...Beethoven, although he&apos;s a miserable, sad, cantankerous companion, but I love him...&apos; <br>Must be the most profound/honest Desert Island Discs episode ever, with an absolute gem of an ending. <br>Makes everyone else seem dull, if not phoney.

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  @124Outdoor · 4 years ago

  He managed four more years than he thought - and far more than we all thought....

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• ST

  @steveellis9004 · 3 years ago

  Queer thing about hindsight. &nbsp;An incredible mind.

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• HE

  @helenalldridge1145 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m fascinated by this man, never knew him but played the interview out of intrigue and after I thought despite all his demons what an interesting man he is and goodness how handsome he was when he was younger. Bless him. Xxx

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• BR

  @brendangallagher8087 · 1 year ago

  what a treat<br><br>Jeffery Bernard , Lautie Lee and George Orwell - in different ways - were the three great English wordsmiths of the 20th century

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  @normafrye8460 · 4 years ago

  Jeffrey’s brother, Oliver, was a good friend of mine. Listening to Jeffrey for the first time is quite sensational since their voices are so alike. I could be speaking to Oliver again. How I wish. I, also love the sound and responses of Jeffrey.

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  @brexitannia9703 · 3 years ago

  We all eventually see ourselves out.. Just enjoy your life simple as, ABC

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• LE

  @lewisgreen2957 · 4 years ago

  He must have had an amazing constitution to reach 65…

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• MA

  @markhayward7400 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I once bought Jeffrey Bernard a drink in the Coaches and Horses pub in Soho. A very large vodka, no tonic, if I remember correctly. After I had handed it to him, he told me to &apos;sod off&apos;. I would have expected nothing less 😂.<br><br>He was a very great writer, in my opinion, not least in the remorseless way he chronicled his own weaknesses and decline.

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• PA

  @paulhussey1113 · 5 years ago

  Jeffery might be dead. &nbsp;But he will always be unwell ..

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  @henrygingercat · 5 years ago

  Very poignant; a hell raiser who couldn&apos;t get it up any longer shows himself to be a highly intelligent, sensitive and cultured human being. &nbsp;I suspect for many his main accomplishment was to allow us more timid souls a vicarious thrill of la vie Boheme without us succumbing to liver damage.

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  @owengreene382 · 3 years ago

  How wounderful it was, listing to Jeffrey. But i couldn&apos;t help a tinch of emotion, as he life seamed to be heading to the river, to sleep with the fishes. He had a beautiful hippnotic melancholic voice. Simpler to another eloquently clasy individual, Barry Humphries. I have love to have met both men in a pup. Preferably, an Irishpup!!

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