118: Best of Boswell Book Festival

Published: May 10, 2019, 11:55 a.m.

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Robert Kirkwood goes through the archive to find some of the best interviews from previous Boswell Book Festivals as he looks forward to this year's event.

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Gordon Turnbull tells Red Szell about the history of James Boswell. (Starts at 1.20)

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Victor Gregg tells Robert the story behind his book Rifleman (Starts at 6.50)

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Dame Judi Dench talks to Red about narrating books and her macular degeneration.\\xa0(Starts at 18.10)

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Guardian columnist and convicted murderer Erwin James talks about his book Redeemable (Starts at 22.30)

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Bomber pilot George Dunn talks to Robert Kirkwood about his remarkable military service (Starts at 33.35)\\xa0

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Nigel Havers talks about his autobiography 'Playing With Fire' (Starts at 38.45)

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And never heard before, Alexander McCall Smith gives Red Szell the books of his life (Starts at 49.00)

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