Of the 664 men who rode into the Valley of Death about 540 eventually got out of it again. By far the highest casualty rate was among the horses. Compared with the Somme or an evening in the Blitz, the Valley of Death was a piece of cake.
Simon HefferThe more a climate can be created in which neither the English nor the Scots are given cause to resent each other, the better.
Simon HefferIf there is writing on Hadrian's Wall, it reads that the English should leave Scotland to its own devices.
Simon HefferFootball is not, in my view, a sport: it is somewhere between a business racket and a mental illness. I associate it with all the worst aspects of our society - violence, drunkenness, drugs, racism, exploitation, greed and stupidity; and that's just for starters.
Simon Heffer