“ Haydon was more than his model, he was his inspiration, the torch-bearer of a certain kind of English calling which - for the very reason that it was vague and understated and elusive - had made sense… John le Carre
“ Wars, wars, wars': reading up on the region I came across one moment when quintessential Englishness had in fact intersected with this darkling plain. In 1906 Winston Churchill, then the minister resp… Christopher Hitchens
“ It often horrified the English community that she spent her time with local farmers and horse traders, eccentrics and mystics, but she valued expertise over convention and had long believed if you wer… Sara Sheridan
“ Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject. Patricia Duncker
