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I thought I was sitting there. I think that was considerably better

than a couple of my performances on the talent, to be honest.

You thought you'd say that before I did?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Leeds.

And for the many life tonight is part of the Leeds Literary Festival.

I'm not sure how literary we're going to get tonight, I have to say.

But welcome, it's great to be here.

I've only been to Leeds twice before.

Once to do Steff's Pack lunch with you,

and once about, oh, 20 years ago,

when I drove all the way up the M1 to see a performance of chess because I'm an

absolute addict of chess.

How many performances of chess have you seen Ian?

About 15.

Yeah.

And it was great.

I know him so well, by the way.

Oh, very, very good.

So, Leeds, you come here virtually every week i come here i come

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