If we consent to this cockaludicrous conceit—if we believe that the Earth is a lump of unconscious matter owned by elite men—we are far more susceptible to the belief that we are equally powerless, passive, and possessed.

As a presidential candidate, Sherzai ticked all the boxes. He is Pashtun; . . . he has the necessary respect . . . ; and he possesses a national reputation.

The choristers were as bespectacled as the audience. Are Protestants more bespectacled than Catholics because of too much Bible reading?

Flags and other cutters allow the DP or gaffer to throw large controlled shadows on parts of the scene.