In this one-off republication of a 2002 article, Thom and Hilary Sewell talk to I.D.I.O.T. winner David Fear
As part of our series on I.D.I.O.T. Award winners, we’re pleased to re-publish an interview with David Fear from 2002. By kind permission of Hilary Sewell, the following pages are published exactly as they appeared in 12S Magazine. Without Fear by Thom and Hilary Sewell. © 2002.
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