The chief real criticism to be made of the kaiser is that, instead of seeing this danger and using his influence to restrain German appetites, he shared those appetites and indeed increased them, particularly by his determination to give Germany a navy of which it could be proud and by his frequently tactless and aggressive public statements.
The two shared an appetite for viscera.
His first partnership with Holmes broke up amid some acrimony, but in the Oxford-educated Matthew Pinsent, eight years Redgrave's junior, he found someone who shared his appetite for competition.
Both have also shared an appetite for lighter cultural fare in recent months, preferring movie comedies like "She's All That" and feathery musical selections such as the "Charlie's Angels" soundtrack.
The results can be read in terms of local associations, but the real focus is on commonly shared experiences: appetite, rootlessness, faith and delusion, violence, the collective unconscious of globalized culture.
He had a wide repertoire but was particularly known for his interpretations of Mozart, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Tippett and above all Berlioz, and he and the LSO shared an appetite for newish and new music.Sir Colin collaborated enthusiastically with young musicians, mainly at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), one of London's three conservatoires.
The two shared an appetite for viscera and a zest for reinterpreting the masters, but Soutine is the stronger voice here; standouts include the Tate's "Landscape at Céret (The Storm)," a crackling mass of thunderheads that anticipates Pollock and de Kooning, and a glistening "Still Life With Ray Fish," made in homage to Chardin's "Skate".
Indeed, his greatness as a playwright has obscured his mastery of screenwriting; and just as in the theatre he had found the perfect interpreter in Peter Hall, so in the cinema he found a kindred spirit in director Joseph Losey who shared his appetite for economy and precision as well as a horrified fascination with the English class system.
Not everyone will share an appetite for failing big, though.
