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Generation games
Our columnist laments the lack of interest in current affairs among many younger people – and a tad too much interest from his son
by MARK PALMER
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ILLUSTRATION: STEPHEN COLLINS
Current affairs brought my mother and me particularly close in the 15 years or so after my father died. She always watched the BBC Ten O’Clock News before turning in for the night – and I was in the habit of doing the same thing many miles away.