Talk show legend reels in the years with Miriam

The veteran broadcaster Michael Parkinson made a warm impression at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry, West Cork, last night.

In a public interview with broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan as part of the West Cork Literary Festival, Parkinson was happy to expound on his career varied media career.

“Whatever I do is informed by being a journalist,” he said. “That was my training, and my passion, and it will be on my tombstone.”