Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Geoffrey Moorhouse

Born: November 29, 1931
Died: November 26, 2009 (aged 77)
Bio: Geoffrey Moorhouse, D.Litt was an English journalist and author. He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather's surname. He attended Bury Grammar School. He began writing as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News.
Known for:
- The fearful void (1974)
- Sun dancing (1997)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace (2002)
- Calcutta (1971)
- Hell's Foundations (1992)