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The London Ear

Moonlighting ghostwriter Ben Thompson shakes up a snowdome of real and imaginary sessions with guests from the far-flung frontiers of musical and literary endeavour. This week, we'll be lowering ourselves gently into the wild jacuzzi of Matt Thorne's brain by looking at the first three celebrity intersections from his new book, 'Famous: Ego, Envy and Ambition in Pop, Rock and Hip-Hop' - Frank Sinatra vs Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney vs Diana Ross, and Lou Reed vs Paul Simon. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on X and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [Repeats Wednesday 3pm.]

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