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.
Gerald Priestland

Born: February 26, 1927
Died: June 20, 1991 (aged 64)
Bio: Gerald Francis Priestland was a foreign correspondent and, later, a religious commentator for the BBC.
Known for:
- Who needs the Church? (1983)
- The Dilemmas of Journalism (1979)
- Reasonable Uncertainty (1982)
- Coming Home: An Introduction to the Quakers