People And Things
By HAROLD NICOLSON W HEN I was a boy, headmasters went on being headmasters until they became bishops or certifiably insane. So pliable has our public-school system been......
The Older I Become, The More Do I Dislike Speeches.
I was sitting on a platform some time ago with a fellow-, but infinitely more distinguished, politician. In the course of the proceedings he was observed to seize a pencil and a......
How Polite, How Solid And How Reliable Are Our Dutch
neighbours ! There is something about towns such as Amsterdam and The Hague which I find immensely agree- able. One feels that this civilisation has been moulded through......
I Confess That I Fully Share These Sentiments, And It
is for this reason that I wish we in this country would- follow the example of the Dutch. I was speaking at the Hague last Monday night and had come prepared with a powerful......
I Confess That I Was Somewhat Disconcerted By This Pro-
gramme. In order to get my audience on my side, my speech had been designed to begin with national self-abasement, whereas the superbia Britannorum part came at the end. I did......
All This Has Happened Within The Lifetime, And Largely Owing
to the persuasive influence, of a single man. When in 1890 young Captain Lugard and his askaris entrenched themselves behind the stockade of their zareba and hoisted the flag......
It Must Be Very Strange For Lord Lugard To Reflect
upon these matters, and to explore the corridors of his memory from that now distant time when he also took part in the scramble for Africa until this present day when his......
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