Winston Churchill had once told him, “An important speech should take an hour to write for every minute it took to deliver, while at the same time, dear boy, you must leave your audience convinced it was off the cuff.
Nick Croft has.
I should have prepared you for a brand of snobbery that no other nation on earth can emulate.
Proust said, we all end up doing the thing we’re second best at.
We all have to be knowledgeable about something, and Cheddar is my specialty.
And the America Firsters would raise an almighty hue and cry.
Sir Alan Redmayne believed in the rule of law. It was, after all, the basis of any democracy. Whenever asked, Sir Alan agreed with Churchill that, as a form of government, democracy had its disadvantages, but, on balance, it remained the best on offer. But given a free hand, he would have opted for a benevolent dictatorship. The problem was that dictators, by their very nature, were not benevolent. It simply didn’t fit their job description.
You are so silly sometimes, Jess. I fell in love with you, and I don’t give a damn who your.
He remained silent for the rest of the journey, having been made painfully aware that birth is life’s first lottery ticket. Tom.
It’s just that I was released from prison today.
I don’t know,” sighed.
The Japanese always arrive bearing a gift,’ whispered Anna, ’but under no circumstances should you open it in their presence.
Haven’t seen him since he clocked off last.
Men often fall in love at first sight.
During the next few days, Harry learnt.
It was that time every afternoon when prisoners were released from their cells for an hour and allowed to walk around the yard, get some exercise and be reunited with their mates so they could work on their next crime before they were released. Mellor.
She would have made a great teacher, and hundreds of children would have benefited from her wisdom and common sense. The truth is, we lost two generations of men in world wars, and two generations of women who weren’t given the chance to take their places.
Only Sebastian really knew what she was going through. Her demons, as she called them. Jessica never stopped chattering whenever they were on their own, but the moment she became the centre of attention, like a tortoise she slipped back into her shell, hoping no one would notice her.
When does that moment come, Emma wondered, when mothers stop kissing their children, and young men start kissing their mothers?
Women are naturally superior to men, and Mrs Consuela Rosenheim was no exception.
But I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey... They are both oaks, even if they were planted in different forests. But then, m’lord, we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.