Windswept and Interesting: Autobiography by Glasgow joker Billy Connolly

Windswept and Interesting: Autobiography by Glasgow joker Billy Connolly. Windswept and Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly, John Murray Press, and a portrait of Connolly. Photos John Murray Press
Windswept and Interesting (left) by Billy Connolly (right), John Murray Press. Photos John Murray Press

Book review: British Book Awards winner about a national treasure and comedian rambling man

Windswept and Interesting: My Autobiography by Sir Billy Connolly CBE is a remarkable success story.

In fact it is the first full-length autobiography by the Glaswegian ‘rock-star comedian’.

Notably the John Murray Press publication is a No. 1 bestseller and took out the British Book Awards 2022 Book of the Year Audiobook Non-Fiction.

So keep reading to find out more about the book and what we can learn from Connolly’s efforts for our own life-story creating…

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Transcription: How to quickly create life stories using voice-typing tools

Transcription: How to quickly create life stories using voice-typing tools. Older man wearing headphones, a green beanie and grey shirt smiling in sunshine. Photo by Barbara Olsen from Pexels

Painlessly transcribe life stories with Rev transcription, Google Voice Typing, oTranscribe and more

My transcription shorthand teacher at journalism school started class with a precise English accent, a box of chalk and a silver stopwatch.

Certainly it was grueling work getting faster each week to crack 100 words a minute.

But today alternatives for the recording and transcription of interviews are mind-boggling.

Most importantly they can help us save time and make creating life stories easier…

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