We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

Hitler suffered acutely from meteorism; perhaps he did not suffer so acutely as those around him, since meteorism is uncontrolled farting, a condition exacerbated by Hitler's strictly vegetarian diet.

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.

I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

In general, Hitler embodied the view of any popular newspaper.

It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.