{"id":6831,"date":"2024-03-07T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/?page_id=6831"},"modified":"2024-03-07T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T12:09:05","slug":"james-naughtie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/james-naughtie\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMES NAUGHTIE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group cover_group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-repeated\" style=\"min-height:40vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div role=\"img\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-5223 is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Paper-texture-1.png)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span class=\"nba-black green\">ABOUT THE<\/span><br \/>\r\n<span class=\"nba-black line-2 green\">JUDGES<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:2%;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#8094bb\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:3rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:3rem;padding-left:0rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:4rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1rem;padding-right:3rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:3rem;flex-basis:28%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1137\" height=\"1137\" src=\"http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/James-Naughtie-round.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6848\" style=\"border-radius:50%;border-top-color:#ffffff00;border-top-width:10px;border-right-color:#ffffff00;border-bottom-color:#ffffff00;border-bottom-width:10px;border-left-color:#ffffff00\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/James-Naughtie-round.png 1137w, http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/James-Naughtie-round-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/James-Naughtie-round-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/James-Naughtie-round-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/nerobookawards.com\/dummylocation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/James-Naughtie-round-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1137px) 100vw, 1137px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:1rem;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:1rem;flex-basis:60%\">\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>JAMES NAUGHTIE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>James Naughtie has been host of <em>Bookclub<\/em> on BBC Radio 4 since it began in 1998. 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