Thanks for the help all. I think I'm getting to the bottom of it. Part of the 
problem was duplicate iCal accounts (no idea how).

Phil

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On 25 Jun 2012, at 21:57, Russell Brown wrote:

> First off I'm no expert. 
> 
> Your mission, Phil, should you choose to accept it....
> 
> What I'd try is backing up Calendar on iMac. De-linking iCloud but don't 
> delete.  Then after you've done that it should be safe to delete everything 
> off the iMac (having saved your backup to desktop or somewhere). Check icloud 
> to ensure no duplicates there. If there are, sort them out (maybe on the 
> ipad). Then relink (ie set up iCloud for calendars again) on the iMac. iCloud 
> syncs with calendar and with any luck you are cooking with your own choice of 
> fuel. Then if all is actually well you can trash the backed up calendar file. 
> 
> But I am not an expert!
> 
> I suspect you are not alone so you might like to remember that GIYF. 
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Sent from a device of sorts. 
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> On 25 Jun 2012, at 21:40, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Good spot Russell, that's definitely part of the problem. My iPad diary lost 
>> its duplicates when I switched off iTunes syncing. It's not fixed the 
>> "local" iMac though (where iTunes is running) and the vast majority of diary 
>> entries are made. The diary there presumably got its duplicates from iCloud 
>> (which in turn came from iTunes), but how do I now get rid of those?
>> 
>> "Curiouser and curiouser", said Alice – although I suspect her language 
>> would have been a little more extreme should she have been wrestling with 
>> iCould.
>> 
>> Phi
>> 
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>> On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:37, Russell Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Make sure you are "syncing" for want of a better word through iCloud and 
>>> not iTunes. Good way to get loads of duplicated duplicates in a multitude 
>>> of duplicated calendars...
>>> 
>>> Sent from a device of some kind
>>> 
>>> On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:27, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> All,
>>>> 
>>>> My early experience with iCloud all seemed reasonably trouble-free and I 
>>>> was feeling pretty smug. I might have known. I've just upgraded my old 
>>>> iPhone 1 to an iPhone 4 so can now add it as an iCloud "client", and 
>>>> suddenly I have every entry in my calendar duplicated (and I'm far too 
>>>> busy already. I simply can't to go to every meeting twice). Can anybody 
>>>> suggest what I might have done wrong? Oh, and how to fix it?
>>>> 
>>>> Phil
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