John Simpson: ‘My first home cost £10,500. I’m sure I overpaid’
- Posted on July 25, 2025
- By The Times
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John Simpson: ‘My first home cost £10,500. I’m sure I overpaid’

As a correspondent he carried wads of dollars for greasing palms, bought a fake Song dynasty vase in Beijing and had his £70 Tilley hat blown to pieces in Iraq