The Wit and Wisdom of W.C. Fields
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF WC FIELDS
Taken from Idler 27, the Fool issue
By DAN KIERAN
Enemies of Idleness: Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill is portrayed to UK citizens as gentle but firm, a wry, humorous man who boldly prevented the Nazis from trampling over England’s pleasant fields. However, a little research turns up a different picture. Brutal in his treatment of striking workers, he was vehemently opposed to woman’s suffrage, was careerist and snobbish. Here are [...]
"I do nothing and then I do something. But it's taken years of investigating idleness in all its forms to be able to achieve this. My discipline is borne out of concerted study of idleness."