We were sent a link to John Tusa’s new podcast, which he has established for his fellow nonagenarians.
In the first episode, he is interviewed by Rory Stewart, his godson, who calls him Johnnie.
It’s a remarkable life. He arrived in England in 1939 aged 3 from Zlin, Bata’s company town in Moravia. His father was managing director and they lived in Horndon-on-the-Hill, overlooking the plains of Tilbury where Bataville had been established. Aged 6, he was sent to a Cambridge prep school, St. Faith’s, which during the war had moved to Devon. Then Gresham’s (unmentioned), national service and Trinity College, Cambridge.
It’s his 90th. birthday today. He remains as sharp, acute and articulate as he probably was aged three.
Happy Birthday !
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