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.
Vernon Bartlett

Born: April 30, 1894
Died: January 18, 1983 (aged 88)
Bio: Charles Vernon Oldfield Bartlett was an English journalist, politician and author.
Known for:
- Struggle for Africa (1953)
- Mud and khaki (1917)
- Intermission in Europe (1938)
- The past of pastimes (1969)
- Tuscan Harvest (1971)