Michael Parkinson – The last interview
The veteran talk-show host on broadcasting’s halcyon days, car-crash interviews and today’s “charlatans in high office”.
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The veteran talk-show host on broadcasting’s halcyon days, car-crash interviews and today’s “charlatans in high office”.
ByThe historian on growing up as “a boy”, her “last” biography, and the joy of having close male friends in…
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ByAs deputy Labour leader, she has proved both an asset and a liability. Is she destined to lead her party?
ByHaving survived cancer, the artist has returned home to Margate. Now she’s working on her legacy.
ByThe Liberal leader was tried for conspiracy to Scott’s murder in 1979 in the biggest political scandal of the 20th…
ByThe no-nonsense guru of home-cooking has published her first book of philosophy. What took her so long?
ByFor 50 years, the “mean old daddy” immortalised in one of Mitchell’s best-loved songs has been an enigma. Now he…
ByAt 80, the evolutionary scientist and atheist still courts controversy. Will his influence survive a passion for social media?
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