Security Studies at Lancaster University, the International Business Institute and Azusa Pacific University, where he served as a guest lecturer during the autumn semester of 2007, and was keynote speaker for Azusa Pacific University's Economic Summit. Speaking in 2020, Duffy stated that "I've never left Labour and I never will". Aged 100, he was said to be "intrigued" by "the ongoing battle between [Prime Minister] Boris Johnson and [Labour Party leader] Keir Starmer", remarking of the latter that he was "infinitely better than Jeremy Corbyn", Starmer's predecessor as party leader. Personal life In 2014, Duffy published his autobiography, Growing Up Irish in Britain, British in Ireland and in Washington, Moscow, Rome & Sydney. A practicing Catholic, Duffy completed the El Camino Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage (known as the Way of St. James in English) for six years running whilst in his 80s, which involved him walking 25 km a day for 35 days. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (KCSG) at the age of 96 in 2017. He has never married, though according to Yorkshire Live, "he says he was not short of attractive female company during his many years in office." Duffy turned 100 on 17 June 2020, and celebrated his birthday at home in Doncaster; he also has a home in County Roscommon in Ireland, where he has spent much of his time. When asked for the secret to his longevity, he said "I never smoked, I never used my ministerial car when I could walk - I never used any such transport when I could avoid doing so - and I read". In December 2020, following the death of his old Parliamentary Labour Party colleague Ronald Atkins, he became the oldest living former MP. References External links Azusa Pacific University's Economic Summit Azusa Pacific University School of Business Hosts First Economic Summit Labour Life Group - Archived page Azusa Pacific University - The Need for Ethical Leadership, 2003 article by Jody Godoy 1920 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Azusa Pacific University English autobiographers Columbia University alumni English Roman Catholics English centenarians English people of Irish descent GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs Knights Bachelor Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Men centenarians People from Doncaster Politicians awarded knighthoods