Event 38

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Robert McCrum was born and educated in Cambridge. For nearly twenty years he was editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber & Faber, until he suffered a severe stroke, the subject of his acclaimed memoir My Year Off. From 1996 to 2018 he was Literary Editor and then Associate Editor of the Observer. He is also the author of Every Third Thought (2017); Wodehouse: A Life (2004); Shakespearean (2020); six novels; and the co-author of the international bestseller The Story of English (1986).

Jason Webster has written fifteen critically acclaimed books – from travel and history to biography and crime fiction – often centered on Spain, and contributes to major newspapers; he has also featured in television and radio documentaries, and serves as a director of The Scheherazade Foundation. He lives in Bridport.