I remember your exchange at the dinner with Brearley well as I was just behind you, engaged in a stilted conversation with someone I didn’t know and wishing I could escape and join you. Sadly we were called down to the Long Room and so it didn’t happen.
I’ve never met Brearley but my friend Annie Chave interviewed him last summer and spoke of the same sense of authority, slightly at odds with the visual impression he gives.
Yes, I remember that! Brearley also made me think I wouldn't want to drop a catch in front of him. The kindly disappointment would be too much to take...
At least Brearley had the comfort of being the teacher who unlocked the potential of his greatest pupil (Botham).
I remember your exchange at the dinner with Brearley well as I was just behind you, engaged in a stilted conversation with someone I didn’t know and wishing I could escape and join you. Sadly we were called down to the Long Room and so it didn’t happen.
I’ve never met Brearley but my friend Annie Chave interviewed him last summer and spoke of the same sense of authority, slightly at odds with the visual impression he gives.
Lovely quote at the end.
Yes, I remember that! Brearley also made me think I wouldn't want to drop a catch in front of him. The kindly disappointment would be too much to take...