Ray Mears
British woodsman and TV presenter
The sound of nightingales, but it is the most lovely sound. If someone said it was an elf playing a flute, I would believe them.
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Thinking about all the worst possible things: losing people, dying, how am I going to die? All that sort of stuff. I stay awake thinking about furniture and shoes as well. It’s not all death.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
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The Middle East crisis.
Thinking I’ve upset somebody.
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“I don’t love you.”
A really careful lobotomy, to switch off bits of my brain.
I love clothes and accoutrements, so it would be either a suit or a watch. I love Mark Powell in Soho, and Paul Smith.
It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.
I say it a lot to my kids when I’ve lost my temper, and I’ll save up a big one for when they are 18.
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