It was inevitable that as soon as we had enjoyed a few days of reasonable summer weather, the country would suffer an acute water shortage. It can rain for 100 days, but if the sun shines on the 101st there will be hosepipe restrictions on the 102nd.
Auberon Waugh Quotes
Those who argue that the free supply of heroin to elderly addicts in Denmark would help to cut the crime rate - nine out of 10 burglaries are thought to be drug-related - ignore an important question. How many Copenhagen burglaries are committed by the elderly?
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| Birth: | 17th November, 1939 |
| Death: | 16th January, 2001 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Journalist, Novelist |
About
Auberon Alexander Waugh was an English journalist and novelist. He was widely known by his nickname 'Bron'. He went on to study for a year at Oxford. As a young man, Waugh wrote five novels that were quite well received, but gave up fiction, for fear of unfavourable comparisons with his father. Waugh began his journalistic career in 1960 as a cub reporter on Peterborough, the social/gossip column of The Daily Telegraph. In the long and prolific career that followed he wrote for The Spectator, New Statesman, British Medicine and various newspapers. From 1981 to 1990 he wrote a leader-page column for The Sunday Telegraph. His work as political columnist on The Spectator coincided with the war in Biafra, a mainly Catholic province that had tried to secede from Nigeria.
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