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4 February 2010updated 13 Jun 2012 9:27am

The NS interview: Clive James

“We wore little forage caps and looked like the Hitler Youth”

By Alyssa McDonald

You turned 70 not long ago. Looking back over the years, would you say there was a plan?

In retrospect, it looks like a master plan, but I just followed my nose. There are still things I haven’t done – I need another 40 or 50 years
of life. They say the first person who’ll live to 150 is already alive, but I’ve got a feeling it’s probably not going to be me.

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