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b"Robert Peston joins Nikki Bedi and Peter Curran. Whilst keeping very busy as ITV News' Political Editor, Robert Peston has written his debut novel. He talks about the memories it triggered, career highlights and passions outside work.\\n\\nListener Gerry Wright got in touch to talk about the significance of sailing for her family, and a particularly poignant bedside trip with her mother.\\n\\nBen Aldridge used to suffer from severe anxiety until he used the ancient Greek philosophy of stoicism to get outside his comfort zone \\u2013 challenges he set himself included running a marathon in his garden and climbing Everest on his stairs during lockdown. \\n\\nNoma Dumezweni shares her Inheritance Tracks: Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba and O-o-h Child by Five Stairsteps. \\n\\nMichael Spicer is best known as the cynical and world-weary political advisor character in \\u2018The Room Next Door\\u2019 sketches. Michael spent decades writing in his spare time whilst doing unfulfilling jobs to pay the bills, leading to a double life when he got internet fame.\\n\\nThe Whistleblower by Robert Peston is out now.\\nHow To Control The Uncontrollable by Ben Aldridge is out now.\\nNoma Dumezweni is in A Doll\\u2019s House, Part 2 which runs at London\\u2019s Donmar Warehouse until the 6 August. \\nMichael Spicer's Edinburgh show The Room Next Door runs from the 19th to the 28th of August at Assembly George Square Studios - Studio One. \\n\\nProducer: Claire Bartleet"