1 June 2005
Wednesday 1 June 2005 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Polemicist, self-proclaimed contrarian and one of the most prolific journalists of our time, Christopher Hitchens is famous for his fusillades against 20th century historical figures like Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton and Mother Teresa, as well as his more recent support of Bush's war against terror.
Philip Dodd talks to Christopher Hitchens about his life and work. How much does the man who could be found selling the Socialist Worker on Saturday mornings in Kilburn resemble the Washington-dwelling Hitchens of today?
Programme Details
On Night Waves this evening writer and polemicist Christopher Hitchens talks to Philip Dodd in an extended interview, about his life, work and the centrality of war to both.
The infamous contrarian discusses his favourite novel - which is, in fact, a poem - and about being of the left and yet in support of both Mrs Thatcher's Falklands War and Mr Blair's in Iraq.
Find out how this man of letters was drawn to America partly by an album by The Mamas and The Papas and partly by a dream. And as a new volume of essays is published, almost half of which are about literature, Philip asks him why he is so interested in the literature of the thirties.
Join Philip Dodd in conversation with Christopher Hitchens for Night Waves at 9.30pm here on BBC Radio 3.
Presenter: Philip Dodd
Producer: Kirsty Pope
Additional Details
Love Poverty and War by Christopher Hitchens is in the shops now, published by Atlantic Books
