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Simon Hoggart

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affair, Hoggart initially denied any involvement before issuing a statement admitting that he had an extra-marital affair with Quinn before her own marriage. The political
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His published books form an eclectic list, including debunking the supernatural, anecdotes about
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commenting: "I'm getting a bit clapped out and jaded, and I think that's beginning to show."
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The Cat That Could Open the Fridge: A Curmudgeon's Guide to Christmas Round-Robin Letters
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The Hamster That Loved Puccini: The Seven Modern Sins of Christmas Round-Robin Letters
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magazine (last entry May 2005). Hoggart was also an occasional celebrity panellist on
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On the House: The Personalities and the Politics From the Irreverent "Punch" Column
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on BBC Radio 4. His journalism sketches have been published in a series of books.
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note that in 2011 Hoggart had "been a regular tormenter of the prime minister," (
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Little Boxes: A Selection of Bryan McAllister Cartoons From "The Guardian"
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Playing to the Gallery: Parliamentary Sketches from Blair Year Zero
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Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers
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The Pact: The Inside Story of the Lib-Lab Government, 1977-8
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in December 2004 suggesting he was the "third man" in the
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Punchlines: A Crash Course in English with John Prescott
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in 1968, later becoming the American correspondent for
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House of Cards: A Selection of Modern Political Humour
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The Hands of History: Parliamentary Sketches 1997–2007
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In the early 1980s, he chaired the radio comedy show
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London: guardian.co.uk. 3 October 2007 813: 263:in mid-2010 and died of the disease at 500:by Atlantic Books (27 December 2006) 363:magazine and an occasional column for 285:, and occasional guest commentator on 347:'s 5-part political satire programme 7: 967:"Top 100 political journalists 2011" 578:Live Briefs: A Political Sketch Book 1237:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge 764:The News Quiz: The First 25 Years ( 610:Simon Hoggart and Mike Hutchinson, 588:, parliamentary sketches, with the 444:, Guardian Books (17 October 2011) 351:. He was also a contributor to the 259:and Richard. He was diagnosed with 975:. 28 November 2011. 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Ashton-under-Lyne
England
London
England
King's College, Cambridge
BA
Amy
Richard Hoggart
Paul Hoggart
The Guardian
The Spectator
The News Quiz
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashire
Hymers College
Kingston upon Hull
Wyggeston Boys' School
Leicester
King's College, Cambridge
sociologist
Richard Hoggart
Times
Paul Hoggart
clinical psychologist
Amy
terminal pancreatic cancer
Royal Marsden Hospital
The Observer
National Public Radio

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