They wrestled with communism and capitalism, taxes and Brexit – and still ended up swapping numbers
Dining across the divide: ‘He came in wearing a red beret. I thought: this is going to be very intense’So, he came in wearing a red beret and a red cravat, and I thought: “Oh my goodness. This is going to be very intense. He’ll be fire-breathing communism on me, and berating me.”I thought: “If I’ve got some ardent rightwinger to deal with, I’m going to go for it.” It wasn’t like that. It was like a date. We exchanged numbers at the end.
You would have thought capitalism was on the wane at the time of the corn laws, but then the Industrial Revolution came along and everything changed. It’s possible that we have no conception of what the next twist in the road will be.The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend.
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