Month: May 2013

John Simpson on twice breaking the first rule of journalism

25 May 2013 by Ginny Dougary

There’s a tremendous din in the Chelsea restaurant that John Simpson has picked for our interview. He turns up bang on time and is concerned that I’ve been waiting for him. We’re sitting in a booth and as a former rugby player and boxer – which he tells me later in the context of his …

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Eddie Izzard on nails, running marathons and his quest to be London Mayor

23 May 2013 by Ginny Dougary

Eddie Izzard’s nails – long and burgundy, apart from one painted in a Union Jack and another that’s the European flag (he calls them his “political nails”) – have had quite an airing in recent months. They featured in his February television series, Meet the Izzards, which had Eddie travelling to Namibia, among other countries, …

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