"The Beast stands for strong mutually antagonistic governments everywhere," he said. "Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad."
Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.
News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead.
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
"Up to a point, Lord Copper."
Lord Copper, proprietor of the Daily Beast is a man to whom one never says 'No' directly. This is what one says instead.
Scoop, by Waugh (1938)
Rain, Steam and Speed, Turner
PS Why is Japanese TV so diabolically awful?
