Palin was a rare Radio 4 treat

Michael Henderson on Radio

● Michael Palin is not only the most modest member of the Monty Python team — he didn’t order a bigger hat when fame came knocking. He is also the most rounded, having excelled as an actor (rather than performer), globe-trotting traveller, and writer on many subjects. Now, in his eighty-first year, his curiosity remains undimmed, as listeners to Radio 4’s Book of the Week may confirm. It’s a good spot for a writer, 9.45am every weekday, though producers could vet the material more carefully. Too many of the books chosen offer only bread and dripping. Palin’s Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire, however, was a feast. Ostensibly it was a tribute to Lance Corporal H.W.B. Palin, slain on the Somme in September 1916. But he did not…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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