Wednesday, 18 December 2019

'Ah, Morton-Sims,' said the captain deferentially, 'would you care to bat at number three?'

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One of the many stories told abo ut him referred to his teenage years on the ground staff at Lord's. Occasionally these youngsters woul...
Tuesday, 17 December 2019

It made me feel older than grandchildren would to see my daughter touch a man - a boy - this way

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Judith moved ahead and touched Don's arm. I knew that touch - an apology, an anxious reassurance. You touch a man that way to remind him...
Monday, 16 December 2019

She's very noticeably a Christian don't you think? I'm amazed how mean she makes me feel

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"Life would be grand if it weren't for the people," said Vera moodily. "That sounds like a quotation, but I think I just...
Saturday, 30 November 2019

Cricket is also ideally suited to boarding-school life because it goes on for hours and soaks up whole afternoons

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St Leonads, Wycombe Abbey, Rodean, Cheltenham, Sherborne School for Girls and Malvern Girls' College modelled themselves on boys' pu...
Friday, 29 November 2019

The acceptable home address was: name of large house; village it was quite near; county.

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The acceptable home address was: name of large house; village it was quite near; county. It was not done to live at any kind of obscure urba...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

No fewer than fifteen had lost one or both parents when they were children

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All told, of the twenty-four individuals who became Prime Minister between 1809 and 1937, no fewer than fifteen had lost one or both parent...
Wednesday, 27 November 2019

You are expecting the nectar of the gods, and what you get is cough mixture

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I have tried meads that taste of urine, and meads that taste of petroleum waste . What I have not tasted are any that are particularly nice...