RIP Steve Hewlett - Anyone else been listening.?

hywelg · February 2017

Radio 4 during PM on a Monday.

Very moving. Eddie Mair is a brilliant and sympathetic interviewer

nocasternoproblem · February 2017

Yes, it's been required listening. I listen in the car on my way home, if I get home and the interview hasn't finished, I sit in the car until it does.

richardhomer · February 2017

Yes - Hewlett is a professional journalist to his core - and I agree Eddie Mair is exceptional when interviewing him. Humbling experience listening to their pieces....

richh · February 2017

I've heard a few. Sobering stuff, and inspiring too.

martinw · February 2017

Remarkable stuff.

Moe_Zambeek · February 2017

I've been listening. sobering stuff.

hywelg · February 2017

I fear it is going to become increasingly difficult to listen in the coming weeks. Remarkable fellow, I do hope if ever I have to go like that I could conduct myself with as much dignity.

Cirrus · February 2017

Yeah, I've been listening on my drive home. Funny thing is, to begin with I always wanted to change the station, because there's something about cancer that's scary, even just to hear it happening to someone else. But as it's gone on I've found that compunction to turn it off has gone away and just enjoyed how open he's being. I was properly sad on this week to hear where he's at now.

richardhomer · February 2017

Cirrus said:

Yeah, I've been listening on my drive home. Funny thing is, to begin with I always wanted to change the station, because there's something about cancer that's scary, even just to hear it happening to someone else. But as it's gone on I've found that compunction to turn it off has gone away and just enjoyed how open he's being. I was properly sad on this week to hear where he's at now.

Indeed - had missed this week's and caught up with it as a result of this thread. Even though it sounds like he may only have days left, he was still humorous and delivered the details of what has unfolded over the last few days with journalistic detachment.

I agree with your instinct to change channel initially - but I soon got over that too.

I hope when I'm at the same stage in my life that I'm able to handle it with the same fortitude as him....

hywelg · February 2017

Sodding hell that was quick

RIP Steve Hewlett

RandallFlagg · February 2017

Oh God, no. How sad, he had a lovely radio voice.

RandallFlagg · February 2017

His last interview with Eddie Mair, recorded earlier today I think? Brings a tear to my eye.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04sv0kd

richardhomer · February 2017

Gutted - just listened to a compilation of his interviews on PM driving home. Eddie Mair is a class act - these pieces have been astonishing radio.

RIP indeed....

exocet · February 2017

My wife's uncle has the same form of cancer and has been listening to the series of interviews over the past few months. Up until this point he'd taken great comfort hearing of Steves experience with treatment / dealing with the inevitable.

guitars4you · February 2017

My wife has been on about this for a few weeks now and missed the last episode and only found out today and like Richard, she has just ploughed through a host of copies on the iplayer - Reminds me a touch of Radio 2 last night (Sunday) and the 70's programme with J Walker and an interview this week with Wilko and how he had only 10 months left to live and his thoughts etc - Yet thankfully he has pulled through

notanon · February 2017

One truly amazing character - RIP!

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