Grayson Perry: what are the liberal elite afraid of?
The contemporary artist on teasing the establishment.
Grayson Perry is an award-winning artist and documentary maker who has spent most of his career teasing the establishment. He likes to tackle the big subjects like class, gender and how we deal with death. Perry makes ceramic vases and tapestries, cross-dresses and is now so famous he鈥檚 on the national curriculum. We went to see him at his pottery studio in a wealthy part of North London, where he swore about the liberal elite and moaned about well-educated remoaners.
Producers: Philly Beaumont and Lucy Hancock
Mixed by Weidong Lin
Editor: Harriet Noble
Warning: Strong language in this episode.
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