As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their lif
“Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.”
“A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.”