Dinner with Charlton and backstage with Nureyev - an ode to the golden age of the celebrity interview, recounted by a master practitioner
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- Irish Independent
Dinner with Charlton and backstage with Nureyev - an ode to the golden age of the celebrity interview, recounted by a master practitioner
After steering Celtic rock heroes Horslips's unique course, Eamon Carr made a poacher/gamekeeper transition and returned to writing to earn his bread. The problem with interrogating musicians is that answers can get repetitive. Accordingly, after some natural self-doubt, he took up the Evening Herald's offer of a more general weekly interview feature.
