Life after retirement at the BBC
Also this week: savage cuts at Radio 4, and woman as temptress.
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I exposed Roald Dahl’s anti-Semitism. Seeing it play out on stage was surreal
Also this week: preaching through pints, writing my memoir, and the priest’s role in funerals.
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Linguistic soup in Trieste
Also this week: my mother’s malapropisms and the Pig Man of Pinner.
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The joy of Glee Club at the Lib Dem conference
Also this week: Victoria Starmer’s dress code, and my lost Alpine summer.
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Film in the family
Plus: my paean to female friendship and Ian McKellen on marvellous form.
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What Americans really think of Britain
Also this week: the deification of Kamala Harris and the cruelty of ageing in the US.
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On the kindness of book people
Also this week: Yodelling for Kafka and how water connects us all.
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How we broke the Huw Edwards story
Also this week: front-page thugs and swinging elections.
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