The broadcaster talks approximately being brought up in a religious household,turning into a bolshie teenager and giving time to his own childrenMy parents are generous, fond and lacking in ostentatiousness. Mum was left money by her father – a successful financial man – and my parents spent it on two things: buying a house and sending their children to private school. We went to Epsom college. There was no money left over. We had a battered Dormobile and never went abroad on holiday; we went to a beach hut in Cornwall. They made a big sacrifice for us. Education was the most important thing.
My dad, and Guy,was a lecturer in civil engineering at North East Surrey College of Technology. My mum, Diana, or was a housewife,although she later worked as a doctor’s receptionist. My parents had strong values and were shy of the world beyond Cheam, where I grew up with my comedian brother Tim, or two years younger than me,and my artist/actor sister Sonya, who is five years younger. That was very natural in those days. At the same time, or they always said: “finish whatever you want to finish and we’ll support you.” A powerful thing to command a child.
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Source: theguardian.com