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Matthew Donnelly

The Spectator

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Camping’s great lie

Picture the scene: a field somewhere in the Midlands on a Tuesday evening. It has rained continuously for seven hours. You are in a tent that took 45...

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The Spectator

Matthew donnelly

The problem with Mandelson, Maxwell and Oxford University

Peter Mandelson — twice-resigned Cabinet minister, architect of New Labour and, until recently, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States —...

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The Spectator

Matthew donnelly