By John Donovan
On 30 January 2007, I received the following email from a staff journalist from The Sunday Times. I have deleted his name and phone number.
John,
I saw the piece in Prospect and would love to do a piece with you and your father for The Sunday Times news section. Could you drop me an email with your contact details of give me a call on 0207?
Many thanks,
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The Sunday Times
I subsequently had a long interview over the telephone with the relevant gentleman, a staff journalist at The Sunday Times responsible for many important stories. Having read the Prospect article (link below) he was very enthusiastic about writing a similar piece. He discussed various points with me by telephone and email on a number of occasions whilst in the process of preparing the story.