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...At art school, a teacher called John Ross. He didn’t seem to follow any rules. He taught me that there’s always a side entrance, and that is a really good thing to keep in mind....
...The great classical archaeologist Professor Sir John Boardman, at Oxford. He taught me archaeology by the old principles and pretty much gave me my career....
...The house we lived in on John Street, in the area of Georgetown called Kitty, and the little yellow chickens. Learning to read using Peter and Jane Ladybird books....
...“O Brother” by John Niven is published by Canongate on August 24. linktr.ee/OBrotherTour Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...
...John Gilhooly is the director of London’s Wigmore Hall. The 2023—24 concert season opens on September 7 Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...She was a friend of the poet laureate John Masefield. She believed in my work and encouraged me to show Masefield the stories I was writing aged 12 or 13. Later, Penelope Hoare, my editor for 40 years....
...John Boorman read my book of stories Night In Tunisia and hired me to work with him on a script he never got made. He hired me again to write on Excalibur....
...The late editor of Nature, John Maddox, chose me straight out of graduate school to be a staff writer. This was like being picked for Arsenal after having a kick-around in the back yard....
...John Blashford-Snell CBE is the founder of the Scientific Exploration Society....
...My friend and colleague Sir John Tomlinson, a famous bass who I’ve idolised for 30-odd years, now a very close friend. How fit are you?Fairly fit....
...My dad, John Keay, is an India specialist. He and my mum took my brother and me there when I was two. Apparently it was a disaster; we complained nonstop and pined for Ribena....
...Long Island by Colm Tóibín (Picador)Was Eilis Lacey right to settle as she did, or could her life have taken another turn?...
...There’s a picture of dad [John Lennon] at Kenwood, holding an old hoe, and mum [Cynthia Lennon], with her hair all bouffed, and me. I remember my cake was a steam train. I wanted to be a train driver....
...Making this solo album, I worked with a producer called Ethan Johns. He’s a bit of a one-off; he doesn’t do things in a conventional industry way. He’s all about integrity....
...“Windrush Child” by John Agard with illustrations by Sophie Bass is published by Walker Books; renaissanceone.co.uk Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...I had an amazing English teacher at school called John Flint who inspired me very much. He taught us King Lear and I’m still in the thrall of his classes many years on....
...Naoko Yamazaki has contributed to “Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet”, published by John Murray Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...John McIntire of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which managed the sale with JP Morgan & Co., said two-thirds of the bonds were sold to such clients, with the rest going to emerging-market and high-yield accounts...
...My hero was John Force — he’s still racing. Private school or state school? University or straight into work?...
...Sir Anthony Seldon, 67, has written and edited more than 40 books on contemporary history, including biographies of John Major, Tony Blair and David Cameron....
...On political communications, John Hilary, an old boss of mine. [Life] coach Yinka Latevi Tuakli helped me with my transition from an NGO worker to a food writer....
...She grew up watching the hit 1980s show Cagney & Lacey in which a career-minded single woman and a mother-of-three busted crime and sexism in New York....
...I rowed from Land’s End to John o’ Groats for a show called Don’t Rock the Boat. And I realised I’m nowhere near as fit as I thought. I smoke too much, I drink too much....
...I’m a big Liverpool fan and John Barnes was my hero. Private school or state school? University or straight into work?Ravenscroft nursery, infants and junior state schools in Plaistow, east London....
...She won the John Burroughs medal for her book Gathering Moss. What was your childhood or earliest ambition?...
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