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Interview
Joan Bakewell: I wasn’t insulted by the ‘thinking man’s crumpet’ label
The broadcaster, 83, on the swinging 60s, the 10 comandments and hanging out with Harold Pinter
My hero / Joan Bakewell by Kirsty Wark
Joanne O'Connor
Saturday 8 October 2016
The war shaped me. I’m still very thrifty – I save string and elastic bands – and I’m hugely patriotic, although not in a Ukip way. It made me realise that you can’t hang around. You’ve got to get as much satisfaction out of life as you can because you might be bombed tomorrow.
