12-03-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com

The evening Graham Greene introduced himself at a star-studded party

It is May 1989, the Pinters throw a soirée for Daniel Ortega, and a most celebrated novelist takes pity on an unfamous young journalistMine was the face that didn’t fit. Everyone else who had gathered on a golden Sunday evening in May 1989 at the London home of Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser was immediately recognisable: Melvyn Bragg, Bianca Jagger, David Hare, Ian McEwan, Rosanna Arquette, Peter Gabriel. We were assembled under the auspices of Arts for Nicaragua to welcome the Sa
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