We are a load of barbarian's says Paxman

The Guardian's media monkey reports the comments of Jeremy Paxman at the Hay on Wye festival over the weekend.

In his usual straight to the point manner he criticised the amount of time that we spend watching Tv.

I think the basic problem is that we are a bunch of barbarians really," he said at the Guardian Hay festival. "Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in this country now. I find this very depressing." He called for people to visit more art galleries instead