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Of course, there are many days, like today, when I don’t have anybody’s name scribbled down in my diary to interview. I figured it might be interesting if I took the opportunity of these lulls to look back at interesting earlier encounters. In November 2004 I picked up the phone and called Dr Mo Mowlam,…

Interviewing Bob Geldof is a rare honour, but a famous challenge for any journalist. There are support websites set up by battle-weary hacks to offer guidance on the art of surviving a conversation with the Irish rock star-cum-charity icon. There are probably underground therapy groups to aid recovery for those who have been through the…