Interviews

Interviews

I have been conducting a series of interviews over the last few weeks with my Turkish associate (now friend) Ugur Polat. We have done four so far, each over three hours long (using Zoom). He plans ten in total. The actual interviewing is done by his neurologist wife Burcu, because her spoken English is better (very good in fact). We have been covering my intellectual life in detail. So far, we have dealt with my years in Manchester, London, and Oxford. The questions are probing and well-informed; I get to talk about my old friends and colleagues, many now deceased. He is planning to make a book of it to be published in Turkish and English. He is also interested in writing a book about the hand, starting with Sir Charles Bell and ending with me—an excellent project. In addition, I treated them to a mini-concert of songs in which a good time was had by all.[1] I urge all rabid feminist cancellers (bless their vicious little hearts) to contact Ugur and try to prevent him and his wife from carrying out their intentions—good luck with that! It’s nice to be in contact with decent people.

[1] I performed Black is Black, You Better Move On, Everything I Own, The First Cut is the Deepest, Leave my Kitten Alone, Stand by Me, Love Hurts, and Alone.