Bill Heine, autobiography "Heinstein" Gatehouse Bookclub's 2009 choice.

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I haven't seen the book yet but it looks interesting, with lots of cool pictures of Oxford life, without being too much like hard work.

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Bill Heine's Publisher - website

Details from the back cover:
‘Heinstein of the Airwaves’ is a late-in-life coming of age story about pushing the boundaries when that’s no longer innocent. It’s a portrait of a place — Oxford — and the nightmares that lurk among the dreaming spires. It’s a picture of a very private person who has a very public shark sticking out of his roof. If you like contradictions, read it.

Local BBC broadcaster Bill Heine upset the police so much they refused to speak to him for two years and stopped giving the station travel information. Bill angered a convicted paedophile so much he put out a contract on Bill’s life. ‘Heinstein’ is an area where the main character has to dodge virtual bullets from both sides.

In twenty years on BBC Radio Oxford Bill has met a fascinating mix of people from world-famous celebrities to passionate local campaigners. Here he brings us the highlights of these meetings. The book is an insight into how a good broadcaster treads the line between challenging his listeners and interviewees and keeping their trust — and that of his employer. It’s also an up-close look at the underside of a city more often eulogised than criticised.

Bill’s view: ‘ Phillip Pullman created a parallel universe outside of Oxford, I’ve looked at what we have right here inside Oxford and found it.’