The Archbishop of Canterbury was lost for words as he stood beside a mass grave. The bodies of two dozen murdered men and women lay at his feet in bags. The stench of death was in his nostrils, in 40C heat. Those who loved the slain were in tears. “All you could really do wasContinue reading “The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Deadly Dilemma”
Category Archives: Interviews
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 theContinue 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 ArchbishopContinue 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 givingContinue reading “‘I’m a bit star-struck by The Doctor myself’ Matt Smith”
‘Why don’t I waive my salary as Prime Minister? I can’t afford it’ David Cameron
Their joint family wealth as a couple has been estimated at £30 million. ‘It’s guesswork. Unbelievable. It’s extraordinary. Look, we own a very nice house in London, and a house in the constituency on which we have a mortgage. Other than that we both earn good money and we have some savings. But I don’t wantContinue reading “‘Why don’t I waive my salary as Prime Minister? I can’t afford it’ David Cameron”