John Simpson spent much of his adult life laboring on a book. You'd think he might have long since devoted himself to streaming video, but no, he still has a passion for the printed word.
It all makes more sense when you realize the book he labored on is the , where he was chief editor for 20 years. He wrote of the work of compiling and editing the OED in another book, . John Simpson visited in 2016, and we revisit his interview here.