In his inimitable style John Quinn pays homage to fifty well-known people from various fields ‿ the arts, education, politics, business, science, economics ‿ all of whom he interviewed in the course of his twenty-seven-year career in broadcasting. It includes unique and insightful interviews, talks and writings from contributors such as Maeve Binchy, Seamus Heaney, John Hume, Dervla Murphy, Brendan Kennelly, John McGahern and George Mitchell.