Harry Mount

When John Lennon took on Barry Humphries

[Credit: Neil Spence] 
issue 17 February 2024
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Harry Mount

Harry Mount is editor of The Oldie and author of How England Made the English (Penguin) and Et Tu, Brute? The Best Latin Lines Ever (Bloomsbury)

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