“the remark of a Middlesex Regiment officer in 1918. “Intelligence services,” the man had said, “are prone to looking up their own arses and wondering why it’s dark.” — David Downing Copy Share Image
“Of the Wobblies, most probably, but not just them. Of hope, perhaps, that her country might rise to the challenge, might override the legacies… — David Downing Copy Share Image
“These past few days I’ve realised—we’re strangers to each other. I feel like I’m standing outside their house and watching them through the window.… — David Downing Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the way the hopes of something better had become the dread of something worse. News” — David Downing Copy Share Image
“the remark of a Middlesex Regiment officer in 1918. “Intelligence services,” the man had said, “are prone to looking up their own arses and… — David Downing Copy Share Image
“Wars between classes might just replace one set of pigs with another, but they had some underlying point to them. Wars between nations, as… — David Downing Copy Share Image
