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It's nearly midnight and I am just home from the long-postponed Ant Middleton Tour. I should have seen him last November, but it was put on hold due to the pandemic. Tonight however, he was back in my home town and the seminar was certainly worth waiting for! I've had the tickets since January 2020, so it's been a long time coming.
It was fabulous to be in a theater space again and to see so many people enjoying the show.
Ant was very entertaining and funny, giving us all the gossip about his rift with Channel 4 and why he left the popular SAS UK show and took it to Australia instead. I'll miss seeing him on my TV each autumn, but at least I can watch previous shows on demand. And I have the DVD of series one, which is my favourite.
I do agree with him that the media has become far too pandering to political correctness and the various band wagons that have been doing the rounds in recent years. It makes for boring TV and is insulting to the causes the media is professing to support, not because it IS inclusive, but because it wants to be SEEN as being inclusive. There is a significant difference.
There is also the danger that if you shove something down the public's throat enough, it will have the opposite of the desired effect, leading only to even more tensions in society. Inclusivity has to be genuine to be effective.
As always Ant was very out-spoken and eager to share his own opinions on the duplicity of the media! He is not without controversy. He says exactly what he thinks and makes no apologies for that - but that's why I like him...he is a man after my own out-spoken heart!
I have all of his non-fiction books and tonight's tour has made me want to re-read them. The tour program is also full of interesting tidbits about his life and his ambitions for the future. He has another new non-fiction book coming out soon and I can't wait to read that as well!
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This is the second time I have been to see Ant Middleton. The first occasion was back in 2018, and I have enjoyed both his tours. He is an entertaining speaker and he knows how to capture and hold the attention of an audience. I have no doubt that he will continue touring for as long as people are happy to go and see him. I would certainly go and see him again, and I'm going to pre-order his new book too. He really is the best medicine, motivation and inspiration. I highly recommend his work.
I have had the best night out tonight, finally back in a theater, learning lots and laughing at all Ant's jokes. I can't imagine a more positive way to spend a Saturday night on Bonfire weekend.
It's been a fantastic night out and I can fall asleep tonight all happy and motivated. 😀
BB Marie x
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