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The Portillo files

Published on
September 17, 1999
Last updated
May 27, 2015

All eyes this week have been on Peterhouse College, Cambridge, Michael Portillo's alma mater, and, in his student days, reportedly a place of "high camp" where fellows and undergraduates were given girls' names, cross-dressing was encouraged and parties were held in meadows.

But a glance, post-Portillo's outing, should also be thrown towards the 1970s University of London. It was there that Portillo is supposed to have been introduced to his future lover, Nigel Hart, at a party thrown by one "Madge the Fladge".

Suggested identities for this Cupid on a postcard please.

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