I've been offered radio but never done it, partly because the radio ideas that I've been asked to come up with, I've thought about them and then converted them to telly things. — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
If you have slightly pathological interest in all the components of places, it forces you to engage with them in a way that perhaps… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
If you believe in the existence of fairies at the bottom of the garden you are deemed fit for the bin. If you believe… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
Brummies run themselves down, they're very self-deprecating. Whereas Yorkshire people certainly aren't. — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
At any point in the world's history most architecture is going to be bad but I think there's been a collective mentality since the… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
I genuinely find it difficult to think of places that I'd never want to see again. It might be because part of my career… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
I like extremely effeminate dogs like terriers or schnauzers. I make an exception for giant schnauzers and big poodles. Basically, I like dogs which… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
While I'm sure people in Britain have money worries, they don't have them like the French do. The French, however much money they have,… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
I don't think things necessarily should have a meaning. If stuff has a meaning then why do [writing] about it? If you're trying to… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
Conversion requires a subtler mind. Architects don't like it, architects want to create their own landmark buildings so that people a few years hence… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
You always have to find something to say about the subject and in seven cases out of ten there is nothing to say. — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
As a driver I have come to believe that the person just in front of me and the person just behind me are always… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
![“I don't think things necessarily should have a meaning. If stuff has a meaning then why do [writing] about it? If you're trying to say, 'Tall buildings are great' why not just leave it at that: "Tall buildings are great."” quote by Jonathan Meades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75f/jonathan-meades-15966_building_i-don-t-think-things-necessarily-should_714145.jpg)
