Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Timothy Garton Ash
Born: July 12, 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Much of his work has been concerned with the late modern and contemporary history of Central and Eastern Europe.
Known for:
- The File: A Personal History (1997)
- The Polish revolution (1983)