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Toby Young My interview from hell

2 September 2006

Toby Young thought he could handle the legendary inquisitor, but reckoned without her conviction that he is borderline autistic and a ‘perfectly monstrous’ father

‘So,’ said Lynn Barber, sitting down opposite me and switching on her tape recorder. ‘Is it true you Google yourself every day?’

My heart sank. Whatever happened to lulling your victim into a false sense of security? I laughed a little too heartily as I uncorked a bottle of wine.

‘Doesn’t everyone in our business?’ I said, filling her glass to the brim.

‘I don’t,’ she replied.

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