Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
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Roger Allam
English actor
United Kingdom · b. 1953
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Born in London, Roger Allam, 63, joined the RSC in 1981. On television, he has played Peter Mannion in The Thick Of It, Illyrio Mopatis in Game Of Thrones and DI Fred Thursday in Endeavour. He currently stars in The Hippopotamus, based on Stephen Fry’s comic novel, which is released on 15 June. He is married with two sons and lives in London.
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When I was a child, it was a bus driver or engine driver; then, when I was a teenager, I went to the theatre and wanted to be an actor.
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