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December/January 2016/17
"After the Brexit vote I was thrilled by the feeling of being on the right side of history"
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July/August 2016
"I could not be clearer about the threat that comes from what I call the assassin’s veto: people who say, 'If you say that, we will kill you'"
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July/August 2016
"Death in Venice is the best book ever written about the nature of creative talent"
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June 2016
"Reg Prentice’s 1977 defection heralded the ascendancy of Margaret Thatcher"
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