Here’s an interview from the vault, to mark the passing of the great Seamus Heaney. It is from the Independent in April 1999, but before we get to it, a little story. We met for the first time at the memorial service of a mutual friend, the poet and critic Donald David. After the service,ContinueContinue reading “Farewell, Famous Seamus Heaney”
Author Archives: Cole Moreton
Heartbreak
What is it like? It is like a telephone ringing in the shadows of a clapboard house in an American suburb, and a man coming in from the yard to answer. He is Sean, a friend of mine. Short, stocky, a bit red in the cheeks now that 50 is only a memory, but justContinueContinue reading “Heartbreak”
Sir David Frost, did you sell your satirical soul?
How do you interview the master of the sit-down interview, the man who coaxed a sweaty mea culpa from tricky Richard Nixon? By waiting until he is 73 years old, and it’s late in the afternoon, and asking if he’s a sell out. Nicely, of course. He saw every question coming, and I’m not theContinueContinue reading “Sir David Frost, did you sell your satirical soul?”
The cooks, the thief taker, the Olympians & the survivor
‘Tis the season to look back, apparently, so I’ve been looking back on some of the interviews I’ve done this year for the Sunday Telegraph. They include the cooks Clarissa Dickson-Wright and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall neither of whom cooked me anything, unfortunately. A nice piece of cake was offered by Cormac Murphy O’Connor, former ArchbishopContinueContinue reading “The cooks, the thief taker, the Olympians & the survivor”
‘I’m a bit star-struck by The Doctor myself’ Matt Smith
Oh, I was hopelessly, fanboyishly excited about this one. The Doctor! It wasn’t about meeting Matt Smith, the latest and youngest actor to play the Time Lord … it was the potency of the character, a hero since childhood. Took me right back to meeting Tom Baker at a carnival as a boy, and givingContinueContinue reading “‘I’m a bit star-struck by The Doctor myself’ Matt Smith”
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