Quote of the day
Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
Peter Hennessy
Born: March 28, 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Peter John Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield is an English historian and academic specialising in the history of government. Since 1992, he has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London.
Known for:
- The secret state (2002)
- Never Again Britain 45/51 (1992)
- Having it so good : Britain in the fifties (2006)
- The prime minister (2000)
- Whitehall (1989)







