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Some of our resident Brits should probably weigh in on this one. I'm just an ignorant Colonial myself.
Ferguson's ex (and the mother of their 3 kids) was a former editor of the Daily Mail and Sunday Times. She also worked at Conde Nasty publications.
In any case, that divorce was a glorious train wreck for the British society types. Here's a brief article about it from Business Insider, of all places:
http://www.businessinsider.com/niall-ferguson-is-ditching-his-wife-for-a-young-hot-feminist-and-politcal-war-refugee-2010-2
ETA - more juicy details, from the D.M. itself. The Ferguson/Ali/Douglas axis apparently wrecked some Conservative political plans:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249095/The-history-man-fatwa-girl-How-David-Cameron-news-think-tank-guru-Niall-Ferguson-deserted-wife-Sue-Douglas-Somali-feminist.html
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