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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:44:00 -

Reading about Queen Victoria has been a passion of mine since, as a child, I came across Laurence Housman's play 'Happy and Glorious,' with its Ernest Shepard illustrations.

Reading about Queen Victoria has been a passion of mine since, as a child, I came across Laurence Housman's play 'Happy and Glorious,' with its Ernest Shepard illustrations.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:45:00 -

Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.

Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:46:00 -

I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:47:00 -

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:48:00 -

In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all.

In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:49:00 -

It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another.

It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:50:00 -

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:51:00 -

There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen.

There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:52:00 -

I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.

I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.

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Andrew Norman Wilson (A. N. Wilson)

2025-02-20 04:53:00 -

Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me.

Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me.

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