I was obliged to play the piano, like middle-class children are. I didn't start to love it until I was 14. Jonathan Dimbleby childclasslove Change image and share on social
Travelling to make television programmes means I have some unusual food memories. In Pasto, Colombia, I was taken to a restaurant where I chose my meat for the evening from a cage of white rats. It tasted perfectly good - like rabbit. Jonathan Dimbleby cagechoosecolombia share on social
Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters. Jonathan Dimbleby archivecombdiary Change image and share on social
As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I lived with the illusion, for quite a long time, that if you described something accurately, something would be done about it. Jonathan Dimbleby accuratelyengageexpress share on social
The moment seemed right to me for a full and, if possible, authoritative portrait of the life and character of the Prince of Wales. Jonathan Dimbleby authoritativecharacterfull Change image and share on social
While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales. Jonathan Dimbleby agreecorrecterror Change image and share on social
I cycle, I take an hour's strenuous walk in the evening, I play tennis twice a week with a trainer, and I sail. I used to ride horses professionally - I'd ride seven or eight horses a day, so I had to be fit for that. Jonathan Dimbleby cycledayeven share on social
I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation. Jonathan Dimbleby awarecombinationdeal share on social
Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty. They read the statistics, but they rarely witness at first hand the misery and degradation of life on a dollar a day. Jonathan Dimbleby daydegradationdevastate 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