Tuesday, 24 April 2018

I once asked him, in Annie's Bar, what sort of whisky he liked. 'Large ones'

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He did not aspire to the Tory beau monde . He was solidly bourgeois and highly intelligent. He liked good wine, whisky and Havana cigars. He...
Monday, 23 April 2018

In closer possession of religious truths than the Pope himself

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The reference to the Holy Father was not, actually, very opportune: Carolina was one of those Catholics who consider themselves to be in cl...
Sunday, 22 April 2018

A man of forty-five can consider himself still young till the moment comes when he realises that he has children old enough to fall in love

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A man of forty-five can consider himself still young till the moment comes when he realises that he has children old enough to fall in love....
Saturday, 21 April 2018

Aww, mate, I just shuffle up and go wang

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When asked to describe his bowling action, Jeff Thomson replied in typically laconic fashion: "Aww, mate, I just shuffle up and go wan...
Friday, 20 April 2018

Tastes like sugared rainwater caught down a chimney

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Episcopacy is a good thing; but it may be happen that a bishop is not a good thing. Just as brandy is a good thing, though this particular b...
Thursday, 19 April 2018

When I’m gone I don’t want any of these two-faced bastards who I didn’t get on with standing up and saying nice things about me

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Fred mellowed in old age, but only in the sense that he was prepared to forgive and forget on a selective basis. Making it up with Geoffrey...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018

If you have grandchildren, take them

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The Oval, Southampton, Canterbury, Edgbaston, Arundel, Chester-le-Street, Old Trafford, Worcester, Headingley.  These are the grounds where...