The world-famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin is at Queen’s University receiving an honorary degree. He is very gracious and modest about receiving the degree. He tells Maurice Smyth of the things that he would still like to achieve. Maurice also asked him about his aversion to flying which takes the conversation in a strange direction. He talks about The Beatles and says he is “just a fiddler”. 

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM KBE (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. He played the Soil Stradivarius, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari. 

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