What’s this? Ideas in the Daily Telegraph ! Pardon me while I lie down in a darkened room.

The great merit of the Torygraph in the old days was that it was a terrific read — especially if you were interested in the more sordid kind of court case, sports and crosswords — and entirely devoid of any attempt to improve your mind. Sigh. How times change. The marmalade was thicker in those days, too. Have I told you about the Boer War, by the way…?

Thanks to Bill T for the discovery.