Canada is not so much a country as a clothesline nearly 4,000 miles long. St John's in Newfoundland is closer to Milan, Italy than to Vancouver.
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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