Lynne Truss - Get Her Off The Pitch!

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0120091005Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent as a sports reporter.

How does a woman of literary tastes and neither knowledge of nor interest in sport end up covering great and not-so-great events for the sports section of a national newspaper? As Lynne explains, it all starts over lunch...

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

How does a woman of literary tastes end up writing on sport for a national newspaper?

0220091006In 1999, Lynne is sent to Madison Square Garden to report on the Holyfield-Lewis fight.
0320091007Watching is one thing, playing is another. Lynne describes her enduring passion for golf.
0420091008What could be better than to be paid to go to and write about world-class sporting events?
05 LAST20091009After four years on the job, Lynne asks a simple question - just how important is sport?