"He was always reminded of his past.
His family was agog with cricket but Root was always reminded it is just a game.
"I was always reminded by my teachers that I was destined, if I wanted, to go down that road and study at one of the top universities," he said.
In fulfilling this task I was always reminded of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy finally meets the "great and powerful Oz", who is capable of solving all the problems of his people.
But the broadcasts, produced by Mark Thompson, the BBC's current director-general, and which Mr Cunningham appears not to have seen, turned out to be excellent.However much he took part, Mr Cunningham was always reminded that he was a lao wai, a foreigner.
Kevin Bayliss is married to a Dane and spends several months of the year in Denmark Growing up in Northumberland, I was always reminded that it was here the Vikings first invaded Britain and that somewhere due east across the sea, in mysterious Scandinavia, Denmark is our nearest foreign land.
