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Radio 3,24 Oct 2011,15 mins

SeriesThe Book that Changed Me

The Smoking Diaries

The Essay

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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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