My appearance on ‘Public School’ garnered a smattering of fan mail from girls, which was good, and letters from mothers saying I was the sort of boy they’d like their daughters to go out with – which was not quite as good. – James Lovegrove
For my first week as a new boy at Radley College, back in the summer of 1979, I was followed around by a film crew. – James Lovegrove
The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride. – James Lovegrove
Being at boarding school in the pre-internet era, especially a boarding school tucked away in the Oxfordshire countryside, was like being in a cocoon. You had your own life; world events happened elsewhere. – James Lovegrove
