But when I promise our interview won’t take up too much more of his time, he replies: “No, no, no, my dear old thing – I can’t remember your first name – Rob, go on, I’ve got all the time in the world.”Blofeld looks in decent shape for 77, no matter how many cakes are sent to the Among his fellow cake eaters, he lauds his “understated” When I mention these passages to Blofeld, however, he says: “That’s a very old book, I’m not going back to all that… We get on in the box perfectly well.”But what did he make of Boycott’s latest controversy? A Thirst for Life is published tomorrow by Hodder and Stoughton at £18.99. Media playback is not supported on this device I suspect he wants to get on with checking the final draft of his forthcoming book, Over & Out. I have huge admiration for him going at what he considers is the right time. This causes complications when he and the photographer go into the tiny, rain-soaked garden and get their feet muddy: a trail of carpet strips has to be laid to get them back into the living room. It is cutesy, but perhaps the cushion decorated with the image of a Jack Russell terrier wearing a red scarf is my favourite touch. Over to you, Henry Blofeld.’ I only just managed to keep control while the rest of the commentary box was shaking with hysterical laughter. "I've been so wildly privileged to be part of TMS for so long. A lot of our audience are people doing housework wanting a comfortable voice. I seem to be fairly well accepted everywhere. Henry Blofeld's cricket commentaries have captivated and irritated listeners in equal measure. I think I've always been a bit of a butterfly. In January 2012, he rejoined the On 23 June 2017, Blofeld announced his retirement as a BBC Outside cricket, Blofeld's favourite hobby is "drinking wine", followed by "eating food" and "going out."
Certainly, that's the way his younger colleagues on TMS treat him, handing him cod emails from Hugh Jarse and Ivor Biggun to read over the air: the schoolboy anarchist, the last of the eccentrics. I’m not someone who is going to go to do my last Test match and blub at the end. When you get to my age [he is 61], you do become an anachronism, or you begin to stand for things that no longer seem to be important.
I don't know if it's better, I think it probably is. “I don’t listen to it. The former opening batsman apologised after suggesting he had “better black me face” if he wanted to improve his chances of getting a knighthood – an honour dished out “like confetti” to West Indian cricketers. Speaking to The Telegraph after their wedding, the former Test Match Special commentator spoke of his wife: Valeria is the only girl I’ve met who loves what I do.