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Show Notes
<p>Broadcaster, writer, actor – and former MP – Gyles Brandreth joins Lara Prendergast on this episode of <em>Table Talk</em> to discuss his memories of food, from hating dates and loving 'bread sandwiches' to his signature dish of fish fingers and his love of eating baked beans cold from a can.</p><br><p>Gyles also tells Lara about getting permission to eat swan, his encounter with Raymond Blanc and his friendship with a former editor of <em>The Spectator</em>. Plus – Gyles bemoans the lack of freebies that come with recording a Spectator food podcast (sorry Gyles!).</p><br><p>Gyles's new biography of A.A. Milne, <em>Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear</em>, is out now.</p><br><p>Produced by Patrick Gibbons.</p>
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