Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Great Regulars: Stuart is in no mood

to answer such questions. "Just get the books," he says, with an imperious wave of his claw. And so you retreat to your library or, rather, to a large advisory panel consisting of the brilliant, the gifted, the great, the good and me. You keep the brief simple: five books to explain Britain to an alien. What do you get?

from Bryan Appleyard: The Times: Is this really what we are?

~~~~~~~~~~~

No comments :