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Mon 03 Mar 2009An Irishwoman's Diary
WHOM would you invite to a fantasy dinner party? Marco Polo, maybe, for some traveller’s tales? James Joyce, for the chance that he might sing for his supper? How about Adam Smith for his take on the current state of the banking sector? And his contemporary, philosopher and bon viveur David Hume – who, I reckon, would be good company at any dinner table.
Karl Marx less so – he could be miserable if he was having trouble with the boils on his backside! – but perhaps Engels, who could be more entertaining. And I’ve always thought I’d like to spend an evening with Charles Darwin: companionable, sympathetic and interesting in equal measure.
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