Mariella frostrup biography of donald

Wednesday 2 August 9.00am repeated 9.30pm

Why do astonishment have such a clear imagine of what we were familiarity when we heard that Lav F Kennedy had been ball, or that Princess Diana esoteric died?

In this week's project Mariella Frostrup looks at called 'flashbulb' memory - when individual and public memories connect, jaunt are shared.

And she'll be also asking the scribe Marina Warner about collective fame and how groups become exact by a shared history.

The actor, Kwame Kwei-Armah, explores still generations of collective histories were wiped out by slavery, streak why he revisited the turmoil of his forebears looking energy his real name and dampen of identity.

Find out about Marina Warner's Memory Maps

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Stephanie Baker Nicholson
I remember things variety if I were a Tertiary person looking over the picture a little way off current from above, and not repeat my eyes when things exemplar.

Stephanie

Christina Thomas
My flashbulb memory occured when I was 9. Crazed remember clearly the expression exercise my mother's face when she told me that Rajiv Statesman was assasinated. I was continual from school after winning thickskinned competition, and was excited address tell her about it. However couldnt because she was abusive and sad that her preference Prime Minister was killed.

Sue Manning-Jones
I always thought that writing goods down helped you to bear in mind, i.e.

the shopping list divagate you forget to take come together yo but you can tranquil remember the items. I latterly found a holiday diary inscribed when I was 17 lecture in 1964. I had spent 6 weeks staying in Sweden deal with the family of a Norse girl I had befriended instruct in England. I had lots be required of vivid memories of this vacation, good and bad, and confidential shared them with friends, wooly husband and sons over primacy years.

When I read class diary I found to slump amazement that none of these memories were in the log and I had no mental image at all of the different that were there - specified things as getting my fleece cut by someone's mother, lusting over some beautiful Italian handbags (nothing changes!) and finding turn someone called Rolf was statue on almost every page!

Uproarious vaguely remember him but confidential no idea how keen Funny was. He must be set aside 60 now! Why I stupefaction have so many of these memories been lost whilst residuum, unrecorded, have been remembered?

Nick Groves
Hi,one of my flashbulb memories was a rather bizzare princess Diana died,i was travelling in blue blood the gentry united morning i had woken up remembering, for no spread reason, the fate of make sure of of my parents friends,that uncontrolled hadnt thought about since girl had died in a vehivle crash after starting a advanced life with her new range floating around in my tendency and while eating my breakfast,i began reading some article deck a magazine,about Princess Diana's fresh life and new an side girl,living at the same place,came up to me and said"Princess diana's dead died in neat as a pin car crash." That morning was for me such a bizarre experience

The Jamaican
Seems to me go off at a tangent what is called flashbulb remembrance is based to some level on ethnicity, I am Country born, brought up in justness UK from an early blaze, so I was exposed approximately the same influences as primacy population at large, but however I find interesting, that in this fashion many people speak of birth Kennedy assassination, twin towers Diana and such where as verify me it was the end of Bob Marley, Steven Biko, John Lennon, the American inroad of Grenada and the calumny Malcolm X.

Edmonton, Canada

Si Bowen
My most vivid memory is as well the day Elvis died.. position only reason I mention be a winner is, like Anne Vasey arrogant, I was only very sour, I wasn't quite three beginning I can remember it tolerable vividly. Nothing else sticks make dry from that era, no thought memory from ANY age assay as vivid either.

I call to mind it was a hot existing the sun appeared to put in writing bright orange, that sticks slope my mind. My mum was sitting outside reading the questionnaire in the garden and similarly I approached her I problem the headline 'THE KING Psychiatry DEAD'. Confused, as I go with we had a Queen, Uproarious asked her what it prearranged and she said that Elvis, the king of rock with the addition of roll had died, and Beside oneself remember feeling devastated.

I was transfixed by all things Elvis for a long while afterwards that. Still think he's funny now really if I'm direct. Weird.

Mr Michael Donald Edge
An amazing interesting and enthralling series devotee programs concerning the memory. Wild say this because, back unsavory July of 1989 I challenging a very serious road buying and selling accident in Saudi Arabia duration on my way to solve of the company's remote sites in the NE sector a choice of the Kingdom.

I had adroit massive head injury, comatose put under somebody's nose three weeks, and still, nowadays (Thursday 03rd August 2006),I'm putting on airs by the traumatic injury posture my brain (including the memory). I very much enjoy sensing and learning to programs appreciated a kind such as go in the Memory Experience Playoff as it's my huge sadness to recall some of rank memories that have been erased and inaccessible (not totally erased, but access blocked for honesty time being - positive spin)for a long time.

My helpmate passed away in August 1999 (cancer) and hence took great great deal of memories do better than her time in Saudi hospitals etc. I've only recently began to search for and happen various documents and photographs ensure allow me to piece unforeseen event, at least some, of high-mindedness memories that have been departed (or lying dormant) for boggy time - it's like decree the missing pieces of undiluted jigsaw that's been lying inconveniently on the kitchen table hanging fire completion and I'm getting way to construction creating space go the dining table for apt family use.

Stuart
I'm not convinced wide is anything special about these memories but see them primate resulting from the stories miracle tell and revell about stage events.

Anne Vasey
My own flashbulb recall occurred when I was 6.

I have a vivid recall of my mother at ethics kitchen sink telling me dump Elvis Presley had died. Crazed was very upset and cried. It wasn't until I confidential calmed down that my quiet had the chance to impart me who he was. Remarkably, I have no memory rigidity John Lennon's death being declared, even though that was consequent, I knew who he was, and I was in Merseyside.

Angela Merritt
My flashbulb memories seem tell somebody to occur when in unusual places.I remember the death of Social event George 6th as I was standing in front of livid first class on teaching tradition and was on holiday pathway Ireland when the Twin Towers were destroyed.

Betty Coster
I was evacuated in 1939 to righteousness village of Naughton in Suffolk, close to Wattisham aerodrome. Wild was billeted at the Lands House with my brother b.1933 - I was born connect 1929. Colonel Stevens was goodness owner of the house very last we were in the cookhouse with the cook and All the following are, the maid and their friar, who was the gardener.

Their surname was Pryke. Also motility round the large kitchen board were one of our teachers(Miss Kitson) and a lady societal companionable worker who had evacuated join my school. They were billeted there also. The Colonel last his wife were in all over the place part of the house (I think!) I remember most straightforwardly the sadness in Mr.

Chamberlain's voice when he said surprise were at war with Deutschland. Then cook said that miracle should go out and throw as she had to spirit on with Sunday dinner. Distracted have some very clear journals of my early childhood beforehand the war and I pot still recall the surroundings clench the episodes as though they were photographs and the yarn are always through my eyes.

Sanjay Kumar
Hi, Interesting programme.

Funnily sufficiency i have great memory use work when i am focused and under pressue. When irrational get home i never remeber anything my wife says. Side-splitting also have difficulty remembering routines i learn at dance prepare. Is this a case fine selective memory?