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"I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I nervous that it will it make a jot of difference. I shall still be thought to be kindly, cosy and essentially harmless. I am in the pigeon-hole marked 'no threat' and did I stab Judi Dench with a pitchfork I should still be a teddy bear."

Courtesy of our friends at Faber and Profile, here's dramatist and bona fide (if somewhat reluctant) national treasure Alan Bennett reading from his latest collection of diary extracts, Keeping On Keeping On.

Collecting his diaries from 2005 to 2015, Keeping On Keeping On is the third volume of Bennett's diaries to be published, following Writing Home (1994) and Untold Stories (2005). Each is a publishing event, offering unparalleled insight into the hilarious and insightful genius behind Talking Heads, The History Boys and The Lady in the Van.

Here the inimitable Bennett reads from his own work, sharing his reflections on a hospital visit in April 2008.

For more about the book and to buy, visit http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biograp...