Sir Rannulph Fiennes, Eric Newby, Lucy Irvine.
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Sir Rannulph Fiennes, Eric Newby, Lucy Irvine.
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About this listen
It's autumn again which means it's time for the splendid Cheltenham Festival of Literature again.
A few years ago as part of the festival I interviewed Sir Rannulph Fiennes on stage at the Everyman Theatre about his family history book 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'.
I remember shaking hands - a non standard formality for him. He told me how he had to adopt a DIY approach to dealing with frost bite in his fingers.
In this episode there's a conversation I had with Sir Rannulph later in a London studio, a chat with the legendary travel writer Eric Newby, and the life of the unforgettable Lucy Irvine.
Lucy had replied to an advertisement in 1980 seeking a woman to spend a year on a desert island with a man she didn't know. This adventure became a film starring Oliver Reid. She tells me how she went on to write the story of another island dwelling family in her book Faraway.
Memorable stories.