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over the last week or so while I was crossing a quite choppy Atlantic it turned

now I thought I had sea legs I don't anyway I had a lovely time with the

Times and Sunday Times Cholten literature festival at sea with Alan Titch Marsh and Linda La Plant and

Patterson Joseph and Kate Moss the author and many others I think she must be

sick of that by now people point out anyway we had a lot of fun and Daniel Finksdon

Hugo Rifkin were on board as well.

So if I want to hear from Danny a minute for when you're with a little bit of how to win.

But coming up on today's episode, our big thing today, the art of parliamentary sketch writing.

Tom Peck has just joined the Times as the new sketch writer.

We'll find out what he's got planned and how he goes about writing his sketch.

We'll get some tips on an old hand at these things former time sketch writer

Matthew Paris that's coming up in just a moment but as it's a Tuesday it must be a

how to win day the full episode of how to win election available wherever you're listening to this will a little teaser for you.

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