After Dinner Speakers: Clive James, Bond, Phil Tufnell

Clive James was born in Sydney in 1939 He was educated at the University of Sydney, where he was literary editor of Honi Soit and wrote for various university magazines. He was a contemporary of Germaine Greer and Robert Hughes. After graduating, he worked for the Sydney Morning Herald before departing for England in 1962, where he has lived ever since. Clive attended Cambridge University and received a second degree. Since then he has earned his living as a journalist, poet, novelist and reviewer. Clive James is the author of more than twenty books; he has published collections of literary criticism, television criticism, verse and travel writing. As a television performer he has appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. Clive James is as endearing as he is perceptive and delights audiences everywhere.