The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks

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He gets picked up by a BBC car, reads the papers on the way and is at the studio in central London, ready to start, at 4am. The deputy head Mrs Plant, who had never changed her expression in all the years she taught me Latin, astonished me by smiling. Bullying and violence were rife with disinterested teachers unconcerned about the violence or indeed imparting knowledge.

Whilst in the United States, their son Sam fell ill and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. This had been a brief extra-marital affair (Webb’s mother had been the newsroom secretary at the Daily Mirror when Woods worked there) and Justin never met the man whose face was a daily presence in millions of homes. Alistair Cooke’s America contains phrases that do his legacy no favours: “The question of what to do with the Blacks is one of the oldest and guiltiest of America’s problems”; “Our confusion about what the Blacks want and what they are likely to get may not be praiseworthy, but it is understandable.Daniel Radcliffe breaks down in tears in FIRST trailer for documentary about his Harry Potter stunt double. His childhood couldn't really be described as that for a start, but also, there aren't any other train wrecks mentioned (There is a bus crash, but that doesn't count). I listen to Radio 4 every morning, so Justin Webb's voice is probably as familiar to me as members of my own family.

But with gun-wielding school masters and sub-standard living conditions, Quaker boarding school wasn't much better. The bad luck included an unstable stepfather, loneliness in childhood, and a miserable time (initially) at secondary school. For me, the idea of taking part in a mass struggle against evil was enormously appealing, especially as seen from our dull corner of Somerset.Really enjoyed this tale of a very sheltered upbringing, followed by time at a Quaker boarding school-and a late teenage European Inter rail trip in the summer after he left. Beauty queen Athenna Crosby claims she was spotted having lunch with 'close friend' Matthew Perry a day. JUSTIN WEBB: 'I weep for any child who, like me, is sent to boarding school at 11' - his doting mother did it for love and to toughen him up. The familiar voice of Justin Webb from Radio 4’s Today programme is telling me about his new book, The Gift of a Radio, which publishes this month.