A different sort of episode to finish the year, as regular host Tony Wilson turns interviewee to pay tribute to his best man and best friend, Chris Daffey, who took his own life on 21 December 2013 as a result of depression. Tony talked about Chris, and the eulogy, as part of an interview on ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler on 4 May 2020. The ABC And Conversations kindly allowed us to republish the part of the chat that related to this eulogy, which was a key inspiration for the creation of Speakola.

'The Speech Collector' episode of Conversations is here.

The text and audio of Tony's eulogy is here.

Many thanks to John and Maureen Daffey for providing access to audio from the funeral service.

Chris Daffey's novel about primary school is 'A Girl, A Smock and a Simple Plan' (Penguin 2003)

Chris Daffey's speech about being an articled clerk is here, with video & transcript.

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