The programme for the Wells Festival of Literature in October says guest speaker Chris Patten will discuss forcefully his term as our last governor of Hong Kong.
We're told: 'As well as ensuring the 1997 handover went smoothly, Patten was also tasked with entrenching the rule of law and trying to extend democracy.along the way, some within Hong Kong itself.and for visiting former politicians.'
According to Jon Askew's Rock and Stroll, his new book about London and the pop music scene, Sir Paul McCartney was accorded the rare privilege of being allowed to whistle in Piccadilly's Burlington Arcade. Asked about transgender showbiz star Eddie Izzard becoming Labour's next parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavillion, Sir Keir Starmer responded meaninglessly
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