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Archive for June 2nd, 2011

Review: Mavis Nicholson talks to Sarah Compton

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I can only hope to be as sparky and sparkling as Mavis Nicholson when I’m an octogenarian. Her book, What Did You Do In The War, Mummy? is a collection of interviews with women about their wartime experiences – from WI stalwarts to spies to the little known but awesomely named ‘landjills’. The audience for [...]

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Review: Chris Evans talks to Anne Robinson

Posted in Reviews on June 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »

It’s a change of tempo from Jon Ronson’s interrogation of madness that took place in the same venue immediately before. That said, Chris Evans did write ‘Memoirs of a Fruitcake’ and Anne Robinson ticks a fair few of Robert Hare’s boxes. In a tour through his autobiography Evans talks about the acquisition for £87 million [...]

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Review: Jon Ronson talks to Sarfraz Manzoor

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One percent of the population is a psychopath, 25 percent of the prison population and apparently four percent of CEOs are psychopaths. That means there were perhaps nine or ten psychopaths in the audience “or many more if psychopaths like going to talks about psychopaths” said Ronson. Ronson interviewed a number of candidates for his [...]

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