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.
Noel Annan, Baron Annan

Born: December 25, 1916
Died: February 21, 2000 (aged 83)
Bio: Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. During his military career, he rose to the rank of colonel and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as an Officer.
Known for:
- Our age (1990)
- The Dons (1999)
- Changing Enemies (1995)
- Leslie Stephen (1951)
- The First and the Last