‘There’s no point in us giving people what we think they want. Let’s give them what we want to do and see how they like it.’ Ciarán Hinds, Daily Telegraph, on Glasgow Citizens Theatre ethos.
@JohnAndersonAC@KonstantinKisin The Australian government sought to integrate diverse cultures in a late-1970s advertising campaign: https://t.co/hfTTyAHCQZ
@OldRoberts953 Is this a banana republic? Responsible parties will publicly undertake to reverse such unmandated constitutional change and require a referendum to do so in future.
When Jack Purtell, who rode three Melbourne Cup winners, married in 1949, seven thousand!!! people turned up to the church in Clifton Hill, Victoria. Racing is popular in Australia!
Imagine anything so effective being allowed now. From Telegraph obituary of top Met officer Jim Sewell: 'In 1974 .. he co-opted 200 eager boys from Aberdour prep school to comb the nearby countryside for the stolen cash register.'