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Stealing
Poor John Dennis. In 1709, the playwright devised a novel technology to simulate thunder to accompany his drama Appius and Virginia....
Broken
The Pope wears a gold ring known as the 'fisherman's ring', because it contains an image of St Peter fishing (St Peter, the first Bishop...
Apparatus
Despite her grand name and a social circle peopled with tycoons, playboys and European nobles whose convoluted titles, as the Telegraph...
Bang
Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, the ornithologist, stealer of bird specimens and expert on parasitic avian lice, said the best way to...
Coins
The language of coins is wonderful. 'Farthing' comes from 'fourthing' (a quarter of a penny), while the guinea was made of gold imported...
True
It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on. Marilyn Monroe
Broken
The Pope wears a gold ring known as the 'fisherman's ring', because it contains an image of St Peter fishing (St Peter, the first Bishop...
All
All human unhappiness comes from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Spell
Blackthorn Winter, in rural England, is a spell of cold weather in early April which often coincides withe appearance of the white...
WYATT
Woodrow Wyatt the journalist and MP loved booking himself into French hotels by ringing the receptionist and saying"Yes, Wyatt spelt as...
Bear
People who cannot bear to be alone are generally the worst company' Albert Guinon, c.1900
Committee
What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. Richard Harkness, American journalist
How many
Graydon Carter, former editor (1992-2017) of Vanity Fair was expected to attend fashion shows in the days of fur. "Do you know how many...
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Never forget, dear reader: we stand on the shoulders of the always slightly drunk. Tanya Gold, The Spectator, 28th December, 2024
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Never forget, dear reader: we stand on the shoulders of the always slightly drunk. Tanya Gold, The Spectator, 28th December, 2024
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