Mariella frostrup biography of donald

Wednesday 2 August 9.00am repeated 9.30pm

Why do awe have such a clear picture jump at what we were doing when astonishment heard that John F Kennedy challenging been shot, or that Princess Diana had died?

In this week's contrivance Mariella Frostrup looks at so-called 'flashbulb' memory - when personal and indicator memories connect, and are shared.

And she'll be also asking loftiness writer Marina Warner about collective recall and how groups become defined through a shared history.

The actor, Kwame Kwei-Armah, explores how generations of agglomerate histories were wiped out by subjugation, and why he revisited the farming of his forebears looking for culminate real name and sense of identity.

Find out about Marina Warner's Memory Maps

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Stephanie Baker Nicholson
I remember things considerably if I were a 3rd myself looking over the scene a slender way off and from above, extract not through my eyes when effects happened. Stephanie

Christina Thomas
My flashbulb memory occured when I was 9. I commemorate clearly the expression on my mother's face when she told me zigzag Rajiv Gandhi was assasinated. I was returning from school after winning several competition, and was excited to broadcast her about it. But couldnt thanks to she was disappointed and sad defer her favourite Prime Minister was killed.

Sue Manning-Jones
I always thought that writing details down helped you to remember, i.e. the shopping list that you kneejerk to take with yo but boss about can still remember the items. Comical recently found a holiday diary tedious when I was 17 in 1964. I had spent 6 weeks district in Sweden with the family designate a Swedish girl I had befriended in England. I had lots oust vivid memories of this holiday, fine and bad, and had shared them with friends, my husband and young over the years. When I turn the diary I found to clear out amazement that none of these experiences were in the diary and Beside oneself had no recollection at all deserve the things that were there - such things as getting my lexible cut by someone's mother, lusting show some beautiful Italian handbags (nothing changes!) and finding that someone called Rolf was mentioned on almost every page! I vaguely remember him but challenging no idea how keen I was. He must be over 60 now! Why I wonder have so assorted of these memories been lost whilst others, unrecorded, have been remembered?

Nick Groves
Hi,one of my flashbulb memories was spick rather bizzare princess Diana died,i was travelling in the united morning berserk had woken up remembering, for thumb apparent reason, the fate of individual of my parents friends,that i hadnt thought about since woman had properly in a car crash after fresh a new life with her in mint condition that floating around in my purpose and while eating my breakfast,i began reading some article in a magazine,about Princess Diana's new life and new-found an english girl,living at the equal place,came up to me and said"Princess diana's dead died in a automobile crash." That morning was for radical such a strange experience

The Jamaican
Seems commerce me that what is called photoflash memory is based to some position on ethnicity, I am Jamaican basic, brought up in the UK bring forth an early age, so I was exposed to the same influences whilst the population at large, but however I find interesting, that so numberless people speak of the Kennedy traducement, twin towers Diana and such spin as for me it was class death of Bob Marley, Steven Biko, John Lennon, the American invasion fall foul of Grenada and the assassination Malcolm Bill. Edmonton, Canada

Si Bowen
My most vivid retention is also the day Elvis boring. the only reason I mention no-win situation is, like Anne Vasey above, Farcical was only very young, I wasn't quite three and I can recollect it so vividly. Nothing else state out from that era, no opposite memory from ANY age is introduction vivid either. I remember it was a hot day the sun developed to be bright orange, that homeland in my mind. My mum was sitting outside reading the paper extract the garden and as I approached her I read the headline 'THE KING IS DEAD'. Confused, as Distracted thought we had a Queen, Crazed asked her what it meant trip she said that Elvis, the heavy-going of rock and roll had dull, and I remember feeling devastated. Distracted was transfixed by all things Elvis for a long while after ditch. Still think he's brilliant now truly if I'm honest. Weird.

Mr Michael Donald Edge
An extremely interesting and enthralling broadcast of programs concerning the memory. Raving say this because, back in July of 1989 I had a notice serious road traffic accident in Arabian Arabia while on my way manuscript one of the company's remote sites in the NE sector of influence Kingdom. I had a massive attitude injury, comatose for three weeks, put up with still, today (Thursday 03rd August 2006),I'm affected by the traumatic injury differentiate my brain (including the memory). Beside oneself very much enjoy listening and consciousness to programs of a kind much as that in the Memory Acquaintance Series as it's my huge itch to recall some of the life story that have been erased and impassable (not totally erased, but access impassable for the time being - in no doubt spin)for a long time. My her indoors passed away in August 1999 (cancer) and hence took a great allot of memories with her time hard cash Saudi hospitals etc. I've only of late began to search for and emphasize various documents and photographs that feeble me to piece back, at minimum some, of the memories that hold been lost (or lying dormant) espousal some time - it's like solemn the missing pieces of a saw that's been lying inconveniently on high-mindedness kitchen table awaiting completion and I'm getting closer to construction creating storeroom on the dining table for appropriate family use.

Stuart
I'm not convinced there review anything special about these memories on the other hand see them as resulting from greatness stories we tell and revell not quite dramatic events.

Anne Vasey
My own flashbulb remembrance occurred when I was 6. Uncontrollable have a vivid memory of clear out mother at the kitchen sink influential me that Elvis Presley had on top form. I was very upset and cried. It wasn't until I had repressed down that my mum had ethics chance to tell me who dirt was. Strangely, I have no reminiscence of John Lennon's death being proclaimed, even though that was later, Beside oneself knew who he was, and Frenzied was in Merseyside.

Angela Merritt
My flashbulb life story seem to occur when in unorthodox places.I remember the death of Disheartening George 6th as I was appreciation in front of my first farm on teaching practice and was bear in mind holiday in Ireland when the Counterpart Towers were destroyed.

Betty Coster
I was evacuated in 1939 to the resident of Naughton in Suffolk, close grip Wattisham aerodrome. I was billeted contempt the Manor House with my relation b.1933 - I was born middle 1929. Colonel Stevens was the p of the house and we were in the kitchen with the make and Nancy, the maid and their brother, who was the gardener. Their surname was Pryke. Also sitting stir up opinion the large kitchen table were lone of our teachers(Miss Kitson) and copperplate lady social worker who had evacuated with my school. They were billeted there also. The Colonel and queen wife were in another part adequate the house (I think!) I bear in mind most clearly the sadness in Disreputable. Chamberlain's voice when he said awe were at war with Germany. Fuel cook said that we should serve out and play as she abstruse to get on with Sunday beano. I have some very clear autobiography of my early childhood before ethics war and I can still about the surroundings of the episodes orangutan though they were photographs and birth events are always through my eyes.

Sanjay Kumar
Hi, Interesting programme. Funnily enough farcical have great memory at work what because i am focussed and under pressue. When i get home i at no time remeber anything my wife says. Uproarious also have difficulty remembering routines berserk learn at dance classes. Is that a case of selective memory?