In a Guardian obituary, Chris Hull writes that his father Oswald, a writer who has died aged 88, was an influence on Dom Mintoff while at Oxford:

Studying geography at Hertford College, he was not immune to the political ferment of the late 1930s. Drawn to the left at Oxford, he developed a lifelong friendship with Dom Mintoff, later to become prime minister of Malta. Ossie claimed to have nurtured Mintoff's interest in politics.

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