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He was such a firm believer that he spent the last years of his life writing an exegesis of the Bible – the one sacred text that was really available to him

Over the years, the rise of the far right had made things a little more interesting. It gave the debates a long-lost frisson of fascism

I’d usually stay at theirs, since the grim, not to say insalubrious, atmosphere at mine hardly lent itself to romantic interludes

even more surprised when I saw the committee’s report, which was excellent, practically dithyrambic

the pearl necklace which he had presented to his wife on his return was as magnificent as such expiatory offerings are apt to be