Interview
12th July 2012
“Well, we've done 28 minutes, but we've covered the field I hope?” You’re timing it, Sir David? “No, I just have a clock in front of me.” Well, I have it at 27 minutes and 34 seconds. He laughs, “Well, we’re in agreement on everything then.”
Sir David...
24th November 2011
To be English is to have two things: history and humour. Providing you have these, everything else is a bonus. No other people revel in their own merciless schadenfreude and self-degradation. To say to an Englishman that he has no sense of humour is to...
15th September 2011
It was headline news: Richard Branson’s Necker Island home tragically hit by a storm. So, there’s a feeling of unrest and imposition going to meet him; I’m sure he has better things to do than play PR tennis with a journo. There is also a feeling of...
14th June 2011
Donald Trump is a real estate tycoon of monolithic proportions. He’s recently pulled out of the 2012 White House race, he stars in the US version of the Apprentice, and we estimate his personal fortune to be in the region of $3 billion dollars. “It’s...
2nd December 2010
The High Flying Scotsman
After more than 40 years as a stand-up comedian, Billy Connolly still thrives on the thrill that comes from not knowing how each night’s performance will unfold. The outspoken Glaswegian tells Jan Janssen how he loves tottering...
