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High life

My fellow dinner guests made me feel like a combination of Messalina and Lady Macbeth

1 February 2020

9:00 AM

1 February 2020

9:00 AM

I was walking up St James’s and happy to be in London. For a change I was not rushing but strolling in a leisurely manner, on time for lunch with Charles Moore at his club, when the lack of deference of certain Americans hit me like the proverbial pie in the face: ‘I mean, like, who the fuck does she think she is? I’m not taking this crap from anyone.

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