Clive James
Clive James on losing his only letter of introduction and ten pounds in London
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Clive James on losing his only letter of introduction and ten pounds in London
Freddie Jones on how his resignation made the company's shares rise by four points
Lindsay Anderson on writing 'I rebel about nothing in particular' on a looking glass aged nine
Catherine Bramwell-Booth on marching cadets into the Silver Town explosion
Donald Pleasence on winning a silver medal at a musical festival aged seven
How shooting partridges got Geoffrey Household a job at the Ottoman Bank
Fay Weldon on writing a television play while waiting for her second son to be born
Claudio Abbado on deciding to become a conductor at age seven after hearing his first concert at La Scala
Cecil Beaton on first hearing the Merry Widow from a hurdy gurdy man aged five
How Osbert Lancaster timed his daily cartoons to the evening paper editions
Elisabeth Soderstrom on her son inviting friends to watch 'mummy, she's so funny'
Peter Shaffer on his two and three quarter years as a Bevin boy down the coal mines
How winning at the National Eisteddfod led to Sian Phillips's first broadcast
How Wilfred Thesiger survived the Empty Quarter on half a pound of flour and a pint of water a day
Ted Allbeury on describing a naked couple as 'a nurse attending the wounded' in an intelligence test
Barry Norman on being hurled into a racial maelstrom as a 19-year-old journalist
Elizabeth Longford on discovering that Queen Victoria and Albert had furious rows
Ralph Richardson on putting wrong checks in wrong envelopes at an insurance office
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on meeting at The Uxbridge Arms and playing hearts
C. Northcote Parkinson on being too busy writing books to play discs