Richard Davenport-Hines

‘I like it when my pupils run the world’: a celebration of Jeremy Catto

The convivial Oxford don who died in 2018 is remembered by his many devoted students, who include bankers, barristers, diplomats and politicians as well as other distinguished historians

The young Jeremy Catto. [John Wolfe] 
issue 02 November 2024
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