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Gideon Donald

Luck is playing the guitar

It is a burden carried by the patrician politician that he is assumed to be a good listener. Recent examples include Douglas Hurd who, as foreign…

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The best-dressed man

Who will rid me of this turbulent president? Ever since Guy Fawkes Night it has been a case of…

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George, Nat and me

I am pleased to report that while Ricky Gervais was in London drumming up business for his new major…

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If you want to get ahead, hug a Tory

David Cameron and I go back to the sinking of the Belgrano, both being “new bugs” at Eton

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