{"id":501,"date":"2026-04-01T19:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/?p=501"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:36:21","slug":"kim-philby-ed-newman-and-the-highboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/2026\/04\/01\/kim-philby-ed-newman-and-the-highboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Philby, Ed Newman, and the Highboy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_502\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"size-large wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1-26-at-3.22-PM-1024x924.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1-26-at-3.22-PM-1024x924.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1-26-at-3.22-PM-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1-26-at-3.22-PM-768x693.png 768w, https:\/\/www.podsnap.org\/sown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1-26-at-3.22-PM.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Path\u00e9 newsreels outtakes with Edwin Newman.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So what is the provenance of that Chippendale-esque highboy?<br \/>\nThe genuine article? 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