The Smoking Diaries
Former England cricketer and now writer for The Times Ed Smith explains how Simon Gray's The Smoking Diaries liberated him as a wordsmith.
Former England cricketer and now writer for the Times, Ed Smith tells us how Simon Gray's The Smoking Diaries liberated him as a wordsmith. Throwing away the rulebook of formal writing, he was inspired to have the confidence to use words in a completely new way.
Producer: Smita Patel
First broadcast in October 2011.
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