Point of Departure (London: Arthur Barker, 1967) p. 295.
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Much of my life seems in retrospect to have been spent in the company of putative national leaders passing through the process of being denounced and imprisoned for sedition, as part of the inevitable progression towards the Prime Ministership and the ritual tea-party at Windsor Castle.
— James Cameron (journalist)
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About James Cameron (journalist)
Mark James Cameron (17 June 1911 – 26 January 1985) was a British journalist, broadcaster, travel-writer and historian, whose work bears the impress of his socialist and pacifist convictions.
About James Cameron (journalist)
Mark James Cameron (17 June 1911 – 26 January 1985) was a British journalist, broadcaster, travel-writer and historian, whose work bears the impress of his socialist and pacifist convictions.
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