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DAVID CAY JOHNSTON: Will Donald Trump go from West Wing to Sing Sing?

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Every American president cares about their image, but Donald Trump’s instincts for self-promoting propaganda are rather more unusual than most. So perhaps we should not be too surprised that, according to reports, the President planned to wear a Superman T-shirt under his business suit when he emerged from his three-day hospital stay earlier this month. … Read more

‘I was thrashed by a ruthless emperor – at ping pong’: Susanna Johnston collates her diary entries

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MEMOIR RESCUING MY FATHER by Susanna Johnston (Zuleika £10, 128pp)  Doting elder sister of the late Spectator editor Alexander Chancellor, slightly less adoring daughter of the late-lamented (and late-demented, poor man) former Reuters chairman Sir Christopher Chancellor, the writer Susanna Johnston has collated this charming, witty selection of vignettes and diaries from her well-connected life. … Read more