Craig Brown

Was his diary his downfall?

The audiotape of Alan Clark’s Diaries — barely mentioned in this rather Dr Watsonish, sensible shoe of a biography — is well worth hearing.

  • Alan Clark: The Biography

    Ion Trewin

    Weidenfeld, pp. 500

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