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Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Chawley,

at the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, having a lovely time.

Coming up on today's episode, you'll be able to hear a debate that I did with Tom McTake,

Ayesha Azureka and Peter Cardwell, all about personality in politics. Who's got it? Who hasn't?

And does it matter? It's a special live debate here at the festival. As an extra bonus as well,

you're already here from Charles Brandrith, a bumped into him, obviously former Tory MP,

jumper wearer, bare collector, all-round lovely man. So you hear from him in just a moment.

But first, our columnist panel, and today joining me in the Times Radio studio,

Tent was David Sanderson, Arts Cosmoner for the Times, and Manvian Rana, presenter of the

Stories of Our Times podcast, one of our sister podcasts at the time. So here we are, David and Manvian.

You've been here since the very beginning, David. I have since Brady, yeah, goodness yeah.

So we're more than halfway through it, but it's been a feast for the name.

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