The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before the Royal Toast by H.M. Bateman..
When I heard the expression "inappropriate behaviour" I at once thought of the Bateman cartoons. Of course standards- and, indeed, ideas- of "appropriate" and "inappropriate" change. Today, of course, it would be "The Man who Lit His Cigar" Full stop! (Or as they say in America, "Period".)
Another thought occurs: why is it now considered acceptable to persecute smokers but not to criticise...(fill in the blank)?
Book Review: Belloc on Charles I AND Oliver Cromwell
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The publisher of Mysterium Press kindly sent me review copies of the next
set of biographies/character studies by Hilaire Belloc: *Charles I*
(published in...
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