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Swimming with Fidel

Monday 28 November 2016

Malcolm Whittaker

Following up on Brian Mooney's comment - surely Swimming with Fidel by the great Michael Arkus should rate a humungous mention - such a lovely, wry, self-deprecatory story by a "reluctant" hack who went on to be one of the Baron's great names. ■

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