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News, views and hilarious stories from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge.

'Bursting with good things' Daily Telegraph

During 25 years as BBC Newsnight's supreme inquisitor, Jeremy Paxman proved himself as the master of the political intervview. From John Major to Theresa May and Tony Blair to Ed Miliband, he has them quaking in their boots. But it wasn't just politicians. Paxman's interviews with Dizzee Rascal, David Bowie, Russell Brand and Vivienne Westwood are legendary. He discussed belief with religious leaders and philosophers, economics with CEOs and bankers, books with writers, and art and theatre with artists. After 23 years on University Challenge, Paxman is also the longest-serving active quizmaster on British television.

In A Life in Questions, the tables are turned: the quizmaster answers our burning questions, telling terrifying stories and laughing at much of the silliness in the world. These are the long-awaited memoirs of the greatest political interviewer of our time.

Give Me Ten Seconds by John Sergeant

The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie

Memoirs by Kingsley Amis

Strange Places, Questionable People by John Simpson

My Life So Far by Jane Fonda

News from No Man's Land by John Simpson

After All by Mary Tyler Moore

The Enchanted Places by Christopher Milne

Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens

Under a Wing by Reeve Lindbergh

Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden

The Autobiography of William Allen White by William Allen White

Personal History by Katharine Graham

No More Words by Reeve Lindbergh

A Mad World, My Masters by John Simpson

There's More to Life Than This: Healing Messages, Remarkable Stories, and Insight About the Other Side from the Long Island Medium by Theresa Caputo

The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson

To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez

The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle by Michael J. Mooney

The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson