Peregrine Worsthorne

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Peregrine Worsthorne

  • In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas

    Theodore Dalrymple

    Encounter Books, The Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd, pp. 129

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Peregrine Worsthorne
Peregrine Worsthorne was a journalist, author and broadcaster. He was editor of the Sunday Telegraph from 1986 to 1989. He famously wrote of his sacking in The Spectator: over lunch at Claridge’s with Andrew Knight, while eating his favourite dish of poached eggs.

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