Quote of the day
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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)







