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This week’s guest is Henry Mance, Chief Features Writer with the Financial Times.Henry’s work has taken him into the orbit of some sporting stars: he talks to us about spending a day with Boris Becker after his release from prison, and his sojourn to Colombia to interview Tino Asprilla as the former Newcastle star was posing for a naked photoshoot.We also talk about some of his interviewees from other walks of life, including a booze-soaked lunch with Nigel Farage during which he, in his own words, ‘lost the interviewee.’Henry has also worked as a media and political correspondent, so he reflects on stories from both roles, and also takes us inside the infamous ‘Westminster lobby’.

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