Posted on October 26th, 2009 at 1:35 pm by 
STEPHEN FRY
We are very excited to have one of our short, sharp ‘get to know you’ interviews with the legend that is Stephen Fry.
His list of talents is so long that they would take up ton’s of this post… so let us just say we are huge fans and feel this interview is not only a great pleasure for us but we hope you too will enjoy a little insight into the man.
He is without doubt an extremely clever bod but also a very, very generous one, it is with grateful thanks to Jo who made this possible…and of course Stephen xxx
photo Johnny Boylan
THE MAN MOST PEOPLE WANT AT THIER DINING TABLE…. INCLUDING US,
MR STEPHEN FRY.
CUPCAKE I’m love black and white movies. Do you have a favourite genre of film, maybe horror or Film Noir, comedy or documentary?
STEPHEN English black and white. Boulting brothers. Powell and Pressburger. That sort of thing. Followed or equalled by Warner Brothers melodramas: King’s Row, Mildred Pearce, Dark Victory, Now, Voyager – that kind.
CUPCAKE What was the last thing you read?
STEPHEN Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
CUPCAKE What’s your favourite comedy TV programme, present or past?
STEPHEN Fawlty Towers.
CUPCAKE cosy night in or fav restaurant?
STEPHEN Cosy night in
CUPCAKE Although the news is generally all doom and gloom at the moment, what do you feel is man’s greatest accomplishment, so far?
STEPHEN The Enlightenment. Freedom from the shackles of organised religion. It’s under threat though 
(stephen put this in his reply)
CUPCAKE Bath or shower?
STEPHEN Shower
CUPCAKE If you could only take one bottle of good wine on a desert island which would it be, red or white?
STEPHEN Red. 1981 Cheval Blanc
CUPCAKE Chocolate or cheese?
STEPHEN Cheese every time
CUPCAKE What would you say is your most annoying habit? and best attribute?
STEPHEN Most annoying habit? Leaving the fridge door open (apparently) Best attribute: Kindness.
CUPCAKE Beatles or Santana?
STEPHEN Beatles
CUPCAKE What would your ’bucket list’ include? name 4 or 5 things you simply have to do before……!
STEPHEN Parachute descent. Climb Kilimanjaro. Read Proust. Learn Esperanto.
CUPCAKE What’s your signature dish in the kitchen, beans on toast or the Sunday Roast or?
STEPHEN Calvados syllabub
CUPCAKE ice cream or summer pudding?
STEPHEN Ice cream
CUPCAKE spend or save?
STEPHEN Spend
CUPCAKE What is the best bit of advice anyone has given you?
STEPHEN Be less polite and learn to say “no” (I never obey it)
CUPCAKE do you forgive easily?
STEPHEN Yes
CUPCAKE favourite beatle record
STEPHEN Help
