Ed Stourton (2011 Event)

When you hear that a book by a renowned journalist and
broadcaster is subtitled ‘Time Spent Following a Lead’, you might
assume it’s a memoir concerning the pursuit of headlines. But
Diary of a Dog Walker is in fact Stourton’s tale/tail of going
out with his pooch (the delightful Kudu) and the questions it
inevitably raises: Do dogs perceive ownership as we do? How
devoted is your canine? And why are they a symbol of depression
(thanks Winston) when so much of the time they cheer us up? In
this event, recorded live at the 2011 Edinburgh International
Book Festival, he talks to Ruth Wishart.