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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Rich Pelley

James May: ‘When I’m mistaken for Jeremy Clarkson, I have to go home and examine myself very deeply’

James May
James May: ‘Nobody ever says: I can’t be bothered to cook tonight. Should we go out for a sandwich? No one wants a sandwich. You are reduced to having a sandwich.’ Photograph: Estellar PR

James May. But what would James Definitely Not?

All sorts of things. Skydiving. Morris dancing. Living as a monk. Agricultural work. Being a high court judge. Anything that involves dressing up. I’m not too fussy about food. I can’t think of anything I wouldn’t eat, although I have a strange ambivalence about broccoli. I can’t make my mind up about it and it infuriates people. People say: you’re not doing it properly. I think: how do you know how I’m doing it? I’ve heard you can roast it with bits of bacon, garlic and olive oil. In which case, it’s not only broccoli any more, is it?

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