Tibor Szamuely was a Hungarian

Hungary

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-born historian and polemicist. He left Hungary in 1963 and taught at the Kwame Nkrumah Institute of Economic and Political Sciences (later Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute

Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute

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) in Winneba

Winneba

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, Ghana

Ghana

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. In 1964, he settled in Britain

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 with his family.

During his time in England, he taught at the University of Reading

University of Reading

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 and contributed frequently to The Spectator

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, Encounter

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, The Daily Telegraph

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 and The Sunday Telegraph. He was a close friend of Robert Conquest

Robert Conquest

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 and Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis

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 and was a regular attendee of the lunches at Bertorelli restaurant. He is the author of The Russian Tradition.

He is the father of George Szamuely

George Szamuely

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, a paleoconservative journalist.