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The Reluctant Son: Lachlan Murdoch and News Corp

Paola Totaro

Seven years ago in New York, the heir apparent to one of the world’s most powerful media conglomerates walked out on the family business....

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Long in the Tooth: Trixie Gardner

Paola Totaro

The Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Conservative member of the British House of Lords, waves me through the Peers’ Lobby and with an informal “...

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Clean As You Go: A Correspondence with Clive James

Paola Totaro

Unfortunately my health is indecent at the moment. I’m in Addenbrooke’s being seen to but I should be back in London next week and I’ll...

The Monthly Essays

Knight in Shining Armani: Geoffrey Robertson’s Life in the Law

Paola Totaro

Robertson has 13 books under his belt, among them The Tyrannicide Brief (2005), the story of John Cooke, the lawyer who prosecuted King...

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