The speaker. I went to the speaker that I had absolutely one of the worst days ever because I

rear-ended I was you know I underestimated the time I think everybody does of getting there and I was

driving quite fast and I lost concentration at one moment in a long queue of cars and rear-ended the car in front

and I had one of those you know classic English kind of

men who just wanted to take swap insurance numbers and and talk about the damage and

you know it's just I just I have to get going on

stage in like 20 minutes I arrived at Glaston we managed to park and then went to

the gate and I said I'm going to the crow's nest and they said oh right mate

Right at this stage I was already five minutes late for the so I had to jog across in the heat and it was just and I arrived this like completely

dripping wet and then they said, right you're on.

So hi everybody sorry I'm late okay the QI manifesto

but then it was and then it was very

dead you were brilliant and then the problem was was I sort of wasn't in the mood

so I'm on my own drive home again.

So it's like a one, I drove home that afternoon thinking,

Glastonbury, I've really, really done this badly.

Anyway, let's begin.

Hello and welcome to Baptist, the podcast that gives new life to old books.

As usual, we're gathered around the kitchen table in the luxurious offices of Unbound,

the website which brings authors and readers together.

I'm John Mitchison, the publisher of Unbound.

And I'm Andy Miller, author of the Year of Reading Dangerously.

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