Today is the birthday of Jon Stewart, born in 1962. He made a name for himself as the host of The Daily Show. He said: ""If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values — they're hobbies. You know, one of the genius moves of The Founders was not writing The Bill of Rights on the back window of a dusty van."
According to Mary S. Lovell's The Sisters : The Saga of the Mitford Family, Lord Redesdale was probably an undiagnosed dyslexic, who read, wrote and spoke fluent French--so definitely not illiterate.
According to Mary S. Lovell's The Sisters : The Saga of the Mitford Family, Lord Redesdale was probably an undiagnosed dyslexic, who read, wrote and spoke fluent French--so definitely not illiterate.
Were Nancy Mitford’s parents illiterate ? They were members of the aristocracy. Uneducated perhaps, but unable to read and write ?