width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" name="viewport"/>‘We understood each other’: Why writer Jon Ronson says he and Monica Lewinsky bonded. Jon Ronson’s mother urged him to volunteer at a local radio station, which kickstarted his career. “That was the best thing she did for me.”Emli Bendixen www.emli.co.ukI grew up in a boring suburban house in Cardiff, Wales. My father, David, managed a warehouse.