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Someone who would be fascinating re Maxwell is Helen Liddell, now in the Lords, who was his press officer at the time he "rescued" the Commonwealth Games. I bet Helen has a few tales to tell.

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Oh wow, yes that would be a great conversation to have.

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Of course you read The Awl! I miss it so much. The comment section was as entertaining as the articles.

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It was so good! I think about the bay leaf conspiracy every time I open my spice drawer https://web.archive.org/web/20160308023403/https://www.theawl.com/2016/03/the-vast-bay-leaf-conspiracy/

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One of my regrets is not going to their first (only?) commenter meet-up. So many contributors showed up. I was just way too intimidated to be around that many brilliant and funny people. It was a step through the looking glass into the way cooler than me mid-00’s NYC media scene

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