Ranulph Fiennes Interviewed by Rupert Lancaster

One of the world’s greatest explorers and adventurers Sir Ranulph Fiennes reflects on a life that saw him become the first person to reach the North and South Poles by surface means and the first to completely cross the Antarctic on foot.

Fiennes is celebrating his 75th birthday with an updated version of his autobiography, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. It chronicles a life variously as a soldier in the Special Air Service, an athlete, a mountaineer and a bestselling author. Fiennes has led expeditions to the most dangerous and inaccessible regions of the world. Along the way he has raised millions for charity, narrowly escaped death many times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite and discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman.

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is the 3rd Baronet of Banbury. He is author of 19 works of fiction and non-fiction and a holder of the Sultan’s Bravery Medal for service in Oman, the Polar Medal, and an OBE for human endeavour and charitable services. Here he talks to his publisher, Rupert Lancaster, of Hodder and Stoughton.