Last summer Barbara Speck took a literary tour to Galicia, Spain, where she stayed out until 3 a.m. drinking wine and dancing to rock music with her fellow readers at an outdoor festival.

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She declined to confirm or deny reports that David Cameron was drinking a glass of wine during the meeting at which he told her she was being sacked.

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