The Portillo files

September 17, 1999

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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