Interview with Wordsmith Christina Khoury
The interview resulted from a stay by your faithful blogger at the Beit Shalom (House of Peace) Hotel, where Christina works. The undersigned overheard Christina conducting three…
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Alphabetical list of interviewees:
John Ashbery Wendy Ayres-Bennett Lina Choueri Anthea Bell David Bellos Sir Thomas Bodley Geraldine Brodie Julia Cresswell David Crystal Brian Harris Peter Hicks Marjolijn de Jaager Nicolas…
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Interview with Lebanese wordsmith (and grammarian) Lina Choueri
LC : I was born in Mansourieh, in the Metn hills on the outskirts of Beirut. I began school before the age of 3, and studied French…
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Interview with British wordsmith (and musician) Christopher Goldsack
You graduated in physics from Cambridge University, but it appears that at an early stage you switched the focus of your interests to music.
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Interview with Dutch wordsmith (and tour guide) Geert Sivellis
LMJ: You have Dutch-sounding names and you live in Amsterdam, and yet you were born and grew up in Portugal. How did that happen?
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Imaginary interview with British wordsmith (philanthropist and librarian) Sir Thomas Bodley (1545 – 1613)
The Bodleian Library ("Bodley" or "the Bod") is the main research library of the University of Oxford and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It…
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