Having a gun held to my head at a May Day rally during the revolution in Grenada. I was mistaken for a CIA agent.
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Ian McEwan
British novelist and screenwriter
United Kingdom · b. 1948
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British novelist whose books include Atonement, Enduring Love, Saturday and On Chesil Beach. He won the Booker Prize in 1998 for Amsterdam.
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Angela Merkel. Under attack from all sides, she tries to keep alive the dreams of a tolerant, inclusive, open society.
In my mid- to late-20s, in London, beginning to publish, living hand to mouth, having fun. Also now, when love and life and work have finally cohered.
To have grown up with my siblings. They were at least 10 years older than me.
Exhilarating. I’ve been extremely lucky in that the person I love, Annalena, happens to be my wife.
The BBC World Service followed by the dawn chorus.
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