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Richard Ingrams

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2008-08-03

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2008-08-03

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1. “Not only that, but he tried to actually close the magazine down, which no one had ever tried before, and he set about it in a very systematic way not eschewing not just me and the company, but also suing the people who were distributing the magazine, and if he'd carried on doing that, I mean he could have actually destroyed it.”

   2008-08-03 · Desert Island Discs · Richard Ingrams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “I remember my friend Malcolm Muggridge saying this an editor should be like a blind man tapping his way along with a white stick, and I've always felt a bit like that myself, sort of not knowing what's going to be the next issue and depending very much on circumstances or what came up and not planning in advance or anything. Doesn't matter.”

   2008-08-03 · Desert Island Discs · Richard Ingrams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

3. “Partly because I need the money, but I've always enjoyed very much writing jokes with the people at privatising, and that goes on, and I'm part of it I'm not responsible for it anymore, so that's a great weight off my shoulders.”

   2008-08-03 · Desert Island Discs · Richard Ingrams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source