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How a wise old man's advice led Albert and Michel Roux to pastry
Phil Edmonds on his family being ostracized as 'Kaffa Booties' in Zambia
How a tank-building mission took Ian MacGregor from Glasgow to America
How writing the first letter of each word cured Richard Condon's stutter
James Herbert on the review that said his first book belonged in the garbage
Stan Barstow on the moment a book by H.E. Bates showed him what to write about
Geoffrey Howe on convincing Labour voters that Tories don't have horns, tails or cloven hooves
David Wilson on taking his coat off at his British Museum interview
Brian Redhead on vowing to be a journalist after reading about Scoop Mallory
Jackie Stewart on learning about timing from a deer stalker on Loch Lomond
How a tip-off about concentration camps sent Shirley Williams to America
Ron Pickering on his bare-knuckle fighter father's impossible standards
Selina Scott on earning a penny a line by covering funerals and weddings aged 14
Bruce Oldfield on leaving New York on a bus with his tail between his legs
Dennis Taylor on standing on a lemonade crate to play snooker for the first time
Nigel Kennedy on getting a perfect score after his teacher warned him against playing jazz