There was a time, Lord Hailsham tells Fyfe Robertson, when he nearly gave up politics to concentrate on the more lucrative law, but by then he was hooked, and had he abandoned politics he'd have suffered withdrawal symptoms.
So there are two Lord Hailshams, and this piece shows them both - the boisterous hard-hitting politician who has campaigned in 26 general elections; and the impartial lawyer and scholarly philosopher who in his latest book, The Dilemma of Democracy, ranges penetratingly over the problems that confront us today.
The man who describes himself as a workaholic had no hesitation when, at 71, he took over for the second time the important and ancient office of Lord Chancellor. You'll enjoy, Robbie says, meeting a man who is above all what we call, gratefully, a character.