BS: Yeah=
TS: =the kind of thing? I mean [I wouldn't go and tell this to lots of people but]=
BS: [No that's a very interesting answer]
TS: =I regard it as one of the most significant things that people have - I don't expect everyone to agree with that all. But the thing that it is. Loads of people aren't interested in poetry but I think that poetry is - an important thing because it is a way of conveying emotions. I didn't mention music because I think music is in the same way. Culturally of huge importance. And I think science stands as a cultural part of our lives in the same sort of way. Quite apart from it having been my bread and butter it's a - that's the way that I think of it. Life would be impoverished and very much more primitive without it.