Legacy

 Do you ever worry about your legacy? 

It’s a question that they often ask people on Desert Island Discs. “And what do you thing your legacy will be?” they say to someone who has had a million books published, saved a whole continent from starvation or invented an artificial pancreas. Some of these people say that they don’t think of it. Others say that it’s why they’ve always worked so hard and others want to be remembered for something else entirely.

I’ve been thinking about legacy since Prince Philip died. Who would have thought that several days later Phil the inappropriate old Greek would suddenly become a funny, kind, intelligent, hardworking husband? If you had tried to predict the legacy in life you could get it really wrong. Jimmy Saville for example.

What about us normal people, who never do anything important in life? Would we have a legacy? Would it change in death? Does any of this matter? 

I need to stop thinking. Desert Island Discs isn’t calling.

Roy Plomley’s legacy was that people will be asked about their legacy