Celia Walden, now an established journalist and author, witnessed the final months of Best's decline when she was sent to "babysit" him as a junior reporter for the Mail on Sunday.

当现知名记者兼作家西利亚•沃尔顿（Celia Walden）还是一名《星期日邮报》的小记者的时候，她被派去给贝斯特当保姆，目睹了贝斯特人生谢幕的最后几个月时光。

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Panorama reporter Joe Casey said he was shocked by what he witnessed.

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From 1831-32, Dickens was a reporter for the Mirror of Parliament - an early Hansard competitor - and witnessed much of the national debate that led to the Great Reform Act of 1832, which is said to have opened the door to modern democracy.

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