I have to grit my teeth sometimes, knowing I am going to be written about. But I think it is my life, and I don't want to get people interested in debating it. But I do feel that if you are going to put yourself about as a public person on a television screen, there's a curiosity. Jonathan Dimbleby curiositydebatefeel share on social
I used to hunt as a child but gave up the chase in my 'Ho Ho Ho Chi-Minh, we shall fight and we shall win' chanting and marching days - by which time I had come to share Oscar Wilde's feelings about 'the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.' Jonathan Dimbleby chantchasechi share on social
I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism. Jonathan Dimbleby africaagoclinton Change image and share on social
Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words. Jonathan Dimbleby andrewchangelong Change image and share on social
I was a reluctant convert, and I am by no means a zealot. But the evidence is compelling: to write off wind-power is either ill-informed or dishonest. Jonathan Dimbleby compelconvertdishonest Change image and share on social
I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based. Jonathan Dimbleby accessbasebiography Change image and share on social
For a few months when I was about 17, I smoked a small cigar because I thought it looked cool and it would get me the girls. It didn't. Jonathan Dimbleby cigarcoolgirl Change image and share on social
Ethiopia is engraved on my heart. I first went in 1973 because I heard of a terrible famine. They were denying it even as we got the film out. The coverage destroyed the emperor's credibility. Jonathan Dimbleby coveragecredibilitydeny Change image and share on social
Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week's winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong. Jonathan Dimbleby dealfrontglobal Change image and share on social
As it is, the grotesque distortions of the global market mean that for every dollar the West dispatches to Africa in the form of aid, two dollars are clawed back through subsidies and tariff barriers: a monumental rip-off by the rich as they instruct the poor to accept 'free' trade or else. Jonathan Dimbleby acceptafricaaid share on social