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In-depth interview with Jeremy Paxman | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Acquired a reputation as Britain’s most fearsome inquisitor over 25 years as a presenter on. On BBC2. Andrew Graystone. Met him in Salford on 24 February 2015 between bouts of. I suspect that you don’t much like talking about yourself. Why did you first decide you wanted to be a journalist? What other lines of work did you try to get into? All the usual stuff: the Civil Service, the Diplomatic Service, commerce, industry. What were the values you brought to journalism? Yeah, e...

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In-depth interview with Michael Eavis | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Down on Jollity Farm. Was recently identified in Time. As one of the most influential people in the world. Steve Turner. Joined the co-founder, chief executive and host of the Glastonbury Festival for a chinwag at the office on 22 July 2015. Your first name is Athelstan. When did you decide you’d rather be called something else? Where did you go to school? Was it a disappointment to your parents when you left school at 15? What is the joy in farming? Do you enjoy farming now?

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In-depth interview with Nigel Farage | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Is for some a heroic defender of precious freedoms, but for others he’s an impertinent embarrassment. On 2 December 2011, Huw Spanner. Sat in the winter sunshine with him outside a Westminster coffee shop and found him wanting out. Let’s begin with the English Civil War, which you invoke several times in your autobiography, Flying Free. Published in paperback by Biteback Publishing on November 10, 2011. I know. I know. That has gradually been diminishing, to the point now wher...

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In-depth interview with Michael Rosen | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. What Are We Doing Here? Is a prolific writer for children and a passionate defender of their interests. His poetry is generally light-hearted; his politics are anything but. Simon Jones. Talked to him at length at the Royal Festival Hall on 10 February 2016. You were Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009 and have published more than 140 books for children. Do you remember the day you decided you wanted to be a ‘children’s writer’? I didn’t, I got. Down behind the dustbin.

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In-depth interview with Francesca Martinez | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Has been named as both one of the funniest people in Britain and one of its most influential women. Catherine von Ruhland. Met the self-styled ‘wobbly’ comedian and activist at her north London local on 20 April 2015. At the start of your book, What the * * is Normal? Published by Random House in 2014. That’s a pretty impressive thing to say. A bit abnormal, we’re all. Why do you object so strongly when people say they find someone like you inspirational? It’s a really simplis...

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In-depth interview with Andy Burnham | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Lost the race for the Labour leadership in 2010 coming fourth but won many admirers for his honesty and directness. (In 2015, he ran again, and came second.) Roy McCloughry. Got the measure of him on 15 March 2011. You often refer to your background, because you position yourself I don’t mean this cynically as a man of the people. Can you tell us a bit about it? Part of my analysis of where Labour lost its bearings during its time in office is that it kind of lost the sense th...

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In-depth interview with Salma Yaqoob | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Cut her teeth as an anti-war campaigner and for nine years led the Respect Party, which she co-founded in 2004. Over the years, she has been courted by the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and Labour. Found her at home in Birmingham on 21 July 2016. You started out as a psychotherapist but, through the Stop the War movement, you became a politician. I’ve never regarded myself as a politician. For me, it’s not a career. How do you see politics in this country?

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In-depth interview with Tom Watson | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Made his name in 2011, as a member of the Commons select committee on culture, media and sport, as the scourge of the Murdochs in the phone-hacking scandal. He was in between frontbench jobs when Huw Spanner. Met him on 15 October 2013, having lately resigned as Labour’s first-ever deputy chair. In 2015, he was elected as the party’s deputy leader. What do you think is the single most important quality in a good politician? Conflict’ is probably too harsh a word. There are...

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In-depth interview with Lemn Sissay | High Profiles

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Skip to primary navigation. Was long established as a poet and playwright when in 2015 Desert Island Discs. Brought the pain of his past to the attention of millions. Talked to him in the East End of London on 15 July and at the Greenbelt Festival on 27 August 2016, and found him accentuating the positive. When did you first know you were a poet? You were taken from your Ethiopian birth mother when you were two months old and given to a white, Christian family in a village in Lancashire, is that right.