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.
Simeon Strunsky

Born: July 23, 1879
Died: February 5, 1948 (aged 68)
Bio: Simeon Strunsky was a Russian-born Jewish American essayist and editorialist. He is best remembered as a prominent editorialist for the New York Times for more than two decades.
Known for:
- Sinbad And His Friends (1921)
- No Mean City (1944)
- Post-impressions: An Irresponsible Chronicle (1914)