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    Diary of a somebody

    Jun 30, 2021 3 minutes

    appendage. Noun. 1. a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

    That’s me! The appendage, my whole lovely life: daughter of an MP (Sir John Knott, MP for St Ives, 1966-83, and Defence Secretary); wife of one (Sir Hugo Swire, MP for East Devon, 2001-19, and Foreign Office Minister).

    And actually, as it happens, I was also researcher for one – also Hugo Swire. This caused problems because most people thought my snout was heavily into the

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