Summary
In just half an hour, they gave us (together with their expert witness, the biographer Peter Martin) a very rich portrait of Sam (not Boris) J. We heard of his early struggles to prove himself in London against poverty, ill health and his provincial background; of how he befriended a cantankerous blind woman, a prostitute, an alcoholic doctor and a black servant.
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Celebrating Dr Johnson
If Dr Johnson, who was born 300 years ago on Friday (at least according to the post-1752 Gregorian calendar, which overnight lost 11 days from British life), had been around today he would most probably have been a radio star, and been paid ...
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