Sarah Sands

How I’ll remember John Humphrys — by his producer Sarah Sands

Of course Humphrys’s interviewing style was masterly, says Sands — but more extraordinary still was his reportage, especially from Aberfan in 1966

issue 21 December 2019
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  • A Day Like Today

    John Humphrys

    William Collins, pp. 400, £20

There was a dinner in Soho to celebrate the publication of John Humphrys’s book, A Day Like Today. John was asked by his publishers to select guests — an interesting mix from the left and right — and organise the seating, a small piece of administration that made him fretful and therefore resentful.

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