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Robert Kilroy-Silk

When I was a student, Kilroy, presented by Robert Kilroy-Silk, was a popular daily chat show that I used to watch. So in summer 2019, when I was commissioned by the New Statesman to photograph him at his house, I was intrigued to meet this interesting cultural figure who had loomed large in my earlier life.

Kilroy-Silk became a Labour MP in 1974, but gave it up in 1986 to become a BBC TV presenter. His show

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