RADIO VALERIE GROVE
Gyles Brandreth, in his riveting memoir Odd Boy Out, waxes nostalgic about BBC spoken English.
The infant Gyles heard Alvar Lidell on a crystal set under his pillow. ‘I loved Alvar Lidell’s voice. I loved its clarity and authority.’
Clarity, authority – that’s all we ask. Nobody today aspires to speak like Alvar Lidell – and certainly not to sound like Jacob Rees-Mogg. Even
