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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe quiet confessions of a Radio 4 gent ... You can't help hearing the familiar tones of the author speaking the words ... Entertaining ... nicely self-mocking ... I'm glad to have his civilised and ever-optimistic voice in my ear. -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * The Times *
A searingly honest insight into the life of one of our great journalists. Hugely entertaining too. -- John Humphrys
A model of its kind. Calmly, bravely written, infused by his Catholic upbringing, and intriguingly haunted by the posh question ... filled with qualities that are the marks of a good life: candour and courage, deployed with generosity and modesty, all of them here in spades. -- Adam Nicolson
A wonderful, poignant memoir - fluent, compelling and full of adventure. -- Cristina Odone
A clear-eyed and compelling account of a life, told with honesty and much wry humour. -- Luke Jennings
