Overview
‘Do you sometimes think that you might wish that you were a national treasure, like Alan Bennett?’
‘I’m rather glad I’m not. I’m quite pleased to be what I think I am, which is a sort of national liability.’
Over the course of seven decades, Jonathan Miller has been at the
forefront of developments in theatre, opera, comedy, philosophy and
scientific debate. This new collection brings together the very best of
his acerbic writing. In keeping with Miller’s grasshopper mind, One
Thing and Another leaps from discussions of human behaviour, atheism,
satire, cinema and television, to analysis of the work of M. R. James,
Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens and Truman Capote, by way of reflections
on directing Shakespeare, Chekhov, Olivier and opera. A celebrated
conversationalist, the book also features a selection of key interviews
focusing on his working method. Jonathan Miller is internationally
celebrated as one of the last great public intellectuals. Read One Thing
and Another to find out why.