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At my school we had to study Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household for English Lit. When I first read it as a 14-year old I couldn't really appreciate it, and in fact didn't even realize that it was Hitler that was the would-be assassin's target (Hitler was only referred to as 'The Great Man'). The book, written in the late 1930s before Britain and Germany were at war, makes no references at all to 'Hitler', 'Nazis' or 'Germany', but some clues are dropped into the text. Much later editions of the book (well after the edition we had at school) didn't bother disguising anything and even had Hitler on the front cover. Apparently at the time of publishing the author/publisher thought it would be too politically sensitive to name countries and foreign heads of state, and they didn't want to inflame an already tense pre-war situation. Later on in life I was able to appreciate the staggering psychological depth of the book and it became one of my all-time favorites.

Is that the same as the Saga Of The Exiles? In the 80s I read (and still have copies of) 'The Many Coloured Land' and 'The Golden Torc', but for some reason didn't continue. Maybe worth a re-visit!?

Respect! And if I wasn’t a Packers fan, I would probably be a Bills fan..

I see the Habs are currently sticking it to the Sabres. Go Canada! 🇨🇦

Not a big ice hockey fan but have watched the Leafs live on a couple of occasions. With the Leafs nowhere to be seen, is it ok to support the Canadiens for these playoffs?! I just want to see a Canadian team win it!

Nathan Lukes and Max Scherzer join the IL. Jays looking pretty thin on the ground

Now George Springer injured for the Blue Jays, fractured big toe. I think this season is already turning into a write off!

2nd and 3rd . Iroko would have netted me £122

I'm going Grangeclare West and Iroko, plus a few pence on Jordans and Montys Star

Much needed win, that one!

10 game streak begins!

So that's Kirk, Barger, Ponce, Yesavage, Bieber, Berrios, Garcia and Santander

Abysmal weren’t it? And we lost Kirk to a fractured and dislocated thumb. The only positive is that Brendon Little has been sent down!

I think that shows just how useless the W-L stat is

Team wins yes. The pitcher W-L stat isn’t worth the paper it’s written on! Skubal gets a loss yesterday after a 1-0 defeat

MLB strike out leader (21). WHIP leader (0.75). ERA of 0.75. He’s showing a lot!

Father of ex-City player Stefan Oakes I think

At school it was “Are you talking to me or chewing a brick? Either way you’re gonna get your teeth knocked out!”

Jesus Sanchez’s first for the Jays as well. And the obligatory Springer dinger

Love this quote from Bill Simmons: ”The Red Sox blew all their ABS challenges early against the always horrible CB Bucknor and now he’s running amok like Jason Voorhees.”

Dylan Cease 12Ks, fantastic start. And what an MLB debut for Spencer Miles, in a real clutch situation. Ernie doing what Ernie does, and Andres Giminez hitting like Bo Bichette. Wonderful stuff

Even Brendon Little couldn’t spoil another walk off win!

Great pitching by both starters. And it’s always sweet to win a game with a walk off. Hoffman starts the season as he finished the last one - blown save! 🤨

Starts at 11pm here, I'll no doubt watch all of it. Got to watch the season opener right? I'm still crushed by that game 7, the healing starts tonight

Leave your dry powder in premium bonds until it’s needed!