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Leonard Rossiter reads Barry Pilton's collated cogitations. A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in embarrassment. From 1981.
"The paper's policy was to identify with the man in the street - and unfortunately, our man in the street seemed to have escaped from some sort of asylum."
A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in embarrassment by Leonard Rossiter.
Written by Barry Pilton.
Producer: Louise Purslow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981.
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