Joan Bakewell

Joan received our call from London, where she has been working as a broadcaster and a journalist for almost 50 years… “I met Jim because during the 1960s I was a BBC journalist and I would go up to the Edinburgh Festival every single year. I did it for about some 13-14 years, and of course Jim … More Joan Bakewell

Çağan Duran

Çağan comes from Turkey. He skyped with us from the beautiful city of Istanbul, where he currently works on his PhD; although his real passion is travelling, something he does every time he has the opportunity. “My meeting with Jim was kind of indirect. I travelled to Paris last summer and I was staying with a … More Çağan Duran

Frederik

Frederik Steenbrink is Dutch but he connected with us from Paris, where he lives and works as a piano player, actor and producer for musical theatre shows. He told us about how he met Jim at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival in 2007 and how years later, he helped him bring his shows to more editions of the festival. “The first … More Frederik