The power of print
Britain’s weeklies have always been more than journalism – they are a battleground of ideas
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Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author of Yo, Blair! (Quercus) and Churchill’s Shadow (Bodley Head).
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