Mike's Minute: Remembering Jeffrey Archer

The Mike Hosking Breakfast by NZME

Oct 9, 20262:08News & Politics

When I spoke to Jeffrey Archer last year, he didn’t look anything other than what he has always looked like – vibrant, well, and full of good vigour. So his death is a shock. He looked like a very good 86-year-old. Or 85...

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