This week’s guest is Richard Williams. Richard is formerly the Chief Sports Writer of the Guardian, having also worked with the Independent on Sunday and the Times.
He is also a very successful music journalist, editing _Melody Maker _in the 1970s. We discuss his time at that paper, and he recalls the time he spent with John Lennon, explaining why, if were alive today, Lennon would be an obsessive Twitter user.
We discuss Richard’s move to sport, and some of the highlights from his long career, including the 1999 Champions League final in Barcelona, and the time he almost came to blows with Hugh McIlvanney at the 1994 World Cup, over whether Georghie Hagi had lost weight or not.
Richard has written several books about motorsport including the acclaimed The Death of Ayrton Senna, so we talk about Senna’s life and legacy and then focus on the very recent past, as Richard decries the ‘farce’ that became the end of this year’s F1 World Championship.
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