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John Simpson's global concerns

John Simpson reports from Tehran
John Simpson reports from Tehran. Photograph: BBC

Can you still get camera shy at 65? The Daily Telegraph reports that veteran BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson told the Hay Festival that typically 350 to 360 million people around the world will watch each report he does for the BBC. And what's going through his mind as he does them? "They are all saying to each other: 'Doesn't he look fat? How do you think he can go on for much longer?' When you think of all the languages that's being said in, you go insane..."

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