Stephen Fry meets Malcolm Gladwell - video interview

Stephen Fry let slip to the Guardian that he wanted to interview the author Malcolm Gladwell, so we arranged for them to meet. The duo discuss dyslexia among CEOs, bipolarity among high-fliers, how adversity creates character – and Gladwell answers questions from Comment is free readers

Malcolm Gladwell's new book on how underdogs sometimes succeed, David and Goliath, is published by Allen Lane. He will be live in London on 28 Oct (with special guests The Staves), Liverpool on 30 Oct and Dublin on 1 Nov. More details here
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