Book Review: This Was a Man

Though with not a trace of Irish blood in him novelist Jeffrey Archer likes to be known as a seanchaí, a description he first encountered when chatting with a tramp in Dublin. This time round, he chats with Sue Leonard. 

LAST year Jeffrey Archer celebrated his Golden Wedding Anniversary. Describing his wife as a remarkable woman, Archer saysMary has enhanced his life.

A renowned scientist, she gained a double first, and taught at both Oxford and Cambridge, before running an NHS hospital. Honoured as a Dame, she was the first woman, ever, to chair a national museum or gallery.