Two months before his death, the broadcaster, poet and critic spoke about his own mortality
Journalists shouldn’t interview people they know, or even (I think) acquaintances with whom they’re friendly. But in September I broke this rule, and went to Cambridge to talk to Clive James about his latest book.
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