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By Patten or design?

22 July 2017

9:00 AM

22 July 2017

9:00 AM

My old friend Richard Ingrams was said always to write The Spectator’s television reviews sitting in the next-door room to the TV set. I’m more assiduous: I have actually read this book under review. And Chris Patten’s

latest memoir is a very enjoyable read — the account of a life of considerable privilege.

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