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Brian Sewell - The impact of religion on my life (22/90)

To listen to more of Brian Sewell’s stories, go to the playlist:    • Brian Sewell - John Singer Sargent as a pa...   Born in Britain, art critic Brian Sewell (1931-2015) wrote for the "London Evening Standard" and made numerous television appearances throughout his distinguished media career. He was known for his outspoken and erudite reviews of art. [Listener: Christopher Sykes] TRANSCRIPT: Religion didn’t help matters. So... anyway. [CS] Was religion an important part of your…? I mean, I suppose it must have been. Your mother was Catholic and so on, so were you religious, or what? I thought I was. I wanted to be. I thought it mattered. And it really wasn’t until I’d finished… actually, I’m very glad there was a religious element in my life, because it made being a Courtauld student, where every subject in Renaissance painting… not every, but you know, so much of what goes on in Renaissance painting is of… has a religious base. And if you are not aware of what lies behind that, if you don’t know about saints and miracles and whatnot... no... a huge help, culturally. But it really wasn’t until I’d left The Courtauld, graduated, that I finally gave up attempts to be slightly normal.