America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller then these.
Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that you could spen… - Simon Hoggart
Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that you could spen…
- Simon Hoggart
The nanny seemed to be extinct until 1975, when, like the coelacanth, she suddenly and unexpectedly reappeared in the shape of Margaret Thatcher. - Simon Hoggart
The nanny seemed to be extinct until 1975, when, like the coelacanth, she suddenly and unexpectedly reappeared in the shape of Margaret Thatcher.
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agno… - Simon Hoggart
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agno…
A British lawyer would like to think of himself as part of that mysterious entity called The Law; an American lawyer would like a swimming pool and t… - Simon Hoggart
A British lawyer would like to think of himself as part of that mysterious entity called The Law; an American lawyer would like a swimming pool and t…
The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral. - Simon Hoggart
The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.
Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good. - Simon Hoggart
Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good.
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. - Simon Hoggart
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.
When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was getting dressed in my ground-floo… - Simon Hoggart
When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was getting dressed in my ground-floo…
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic ho… - Simon Hoggart
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic ho…
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