▁by ▁com ed ian ▁Jack ▁De e ▁when ▁the ▁programme ▁returned ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁since ▁appeared ▁on ▁current ▁affairs ▁program mes ▁such ▁as ▁News night ▁and ▁Question ▁Time . ▁Self ▁is ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 4 ▁programme ▁A ▁Point ▁of ▁View , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁cont ributes ▁radio ▁ess ays ▁delivered ▁in ▁his ▁familiar ▁" l ug ub ri ous ▁t ones ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Self ▁was ▁in ▁tal ks ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 4 ▁W riter - in - Res idence , ▁but ▁later ▁back ed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁tal ks . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Self ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Char ing ▁Cross ▁Hospital ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁brought ▁up ▁in ▁north ▁London , ▁between ▁the ▁sub ur bs ▁of ▁East ▁Fin ch ley ▁and ▁H amp st ead ▁Garden ▁Sub urb . ▁His ▁ ▁parents ▁were ▁Peter ▁John ▁Ot ter ▁Self , ▁Professor ▁of ▁Public ▁Administration ▁at ▁the ▁London ▁School ▁of ▁Econom ics , ▁and ▁Ela ine ▁Rosen blo om , ▁from ▁Queens , ▁New ▁York , ▁who ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁publish er ' s ▁assistant . ▁His ▁pat ernal ▁grand father ▁was ▁Sir ▁Albert ▁Henry ▁Self . ▁As ▁a ▁child , ▁Self ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁living ▁in ▁I th aca ▁in ▁up state ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Self ' s ▁parents ▁separated ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁nine , ▁and ▁divor ced ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 8 . ▁Despite ▁the ▁intellectual ▁encourag ement ▁given