Sandi Toksvig | Cambridge Union

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5 ай бұрын

Sandi Toksvig speaks in the debating chamber on Sunday 5th November at 7:30pm.
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Sandi Toksvig, a much-loved radio and television presenter, began her comedy career whilst at Girton College, Cambridge where she found time to write and perform in the first all-woman show at the Footlights as well as achieve a first-class degree.
Since playing Ethel in the long-running Saturday-morning show Number 73, her career has included celebrated series such as QI, The Great British Bake Off, The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge, and The News Quiz.
Much of Sandi’s time is devoted to writing. Her work includes more than 20 fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults.
In 2019, she became president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. Sandi is an activist for gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights. She received an OBE in 2014 and in 2015 she co-founded Britain’s newest political party, the Women’s Equality Party.
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@wobblyarrow84 4 ай бұрын

I didn’t go to Oxford or Cambridge but humans aren’t fish!!

@ellahatt7077 3 ай бұрын

Did you even listen to her talk?

@jamesmcfadden6781 2 ай бұрын

"I didn't go to Cambridge or Oxford"...color me surprised.

@m.6292 Ай бұрын

Um, you did not have to tell us that. And just to mess with your mind alil more, there is No Such Thing As A Fish!

@liamosburn9824 2 ай бұрын

Sandi is the best! Not only is she an absolutely brilliant speaker and presenter; but she is hilarious!

@DerryPope 4 ай бұрын

Fun game: take a shot every time you hear the phrase "kind of" - you won't make it to the end of the video!

@Saanyooo 4 ай бұрын

that was interesting to hear that many times from someone who studies at Cambridge, but I'm sure she was just nervous.

@joecaprani5772 4 ай бұрын

@@Saanyooo I'm fairly sure that Sandi referred to the young lady in question as the Equalities Officer, in which case she's an employee of the University, not a student. Either way, all sorts of people use all sorts of verbal "fillers", some people "um" and "ah", others say "do you know what I mean?", etc., I think people use them to signify they've not finished yet and have more to say and rather than have silence (when the listener or others may interrupt) use these fillers as thinking time to then continue. Of you record yourself in a similar scenario you may be surprised.

@BrittishCats 4 ай бұрын

Intelligence really is a spectrum.

@brigidscott1794 5 ай бұрын

Watching from the South of Brazil where macho is still alive and well. Thank you for the information and the passion!

@Eric-jo8uh Ай бұрын

The earth needs more people like Sandi, great value. Much respect to her!

@ekto62 3 ай бұрын

It's obvious from the transphobic comments to this one video that there's still a lot of ignorance and hatred out there. The people doing that are EXACTLY the same kind of people who tried to kick her out if Girton because she was a lesbian and who continue to threaten her and her family. I am not quite as old as Toksvig, but the hatred direct at not just trans, but all LGBTQ+ people today is disturbingly the same as it was when I was growing up. The "protect the children" mantra was used against gay people then (and now) and it's being whipped up in exactly the same way against trans people. I frankly admire her optimism, because I must admit that mine is daunted from what I've seen in my lifetime, even with the progress we've made.

@RachaelBarat 15 күн бұрын

As a Duke, mi mantra is keep on laughing, it annoys the bigots

@sudenims5235 4 ай бұрын

One can be intelligent but not have an ounce of emotional intelligence.

@marksauck3399 4 ай бұрын

EQ is often more preferable then IQ.

@Finne57 5 ай бұрын

It's hard to believe (I do) this happened to Sandy's family in 1994.

@dmisso42 3 ай бұрын

Where did the MC get her accent?! RP? Someone told her she needed to sound "posh". Toksvig managed to transition from "American" to a reasonably neutral English accent. Why can't the MC? Toksvig is , as usual, erudite and concise. And I don't blame the MC from "conforming" to the norm. It's just sad that she felt the need. As for those that limit their participation in the human experience, we can only, as Sandi says, feel sorry for them. READ everything! If you learn only ONE fact that changes your perception of the World, you haven't wasted your time.

@gln9068 Ай бұрын

For those working with Ai, remember they will often answer 'it's a giraffe'... the thinking is, an Ai's knowledge is based on electronic information = most electronic information is 'outstanding', 'outliers'. 'outlandish', and now we know it is biased by the writers/overwriters too :) Also remember the first law of computers = GiGo :) Garbage in/Garbage out

@monicamiller9883 5 ай бұрын

Lovely! And Brilliant. Thank you.

@1969Kismet 5 ай бұрын

What a beautiful and passionate speaker! What a splendid activist and story teller.

@MrSteve_Luddite. 4 ай бұрын

Story teller indeed. Complete fiction and out of touch with reality.

@1969Kismet 4 ай бұрын

@@MrSteve_Luddite. Now then, here you are. I've been expecting you, Mr Bond.

@mikelheron20 Ай бұрын

Sorry Sandi. Stacking shelves in a supermarket is not at all the same as stacking them in a warehouse. The latter is considerably more physically demanding.