I'm going down in history / As the baddest rapper there ever could be

How much of our lives as academics is spent as room meat: turning up to things because it would look bad if the numbers were small, or just because we are meant to be there?

He had a turn of foot that could see him outsprint many a staying horse over the 2400 metres, but that was his limit.

To most others Lord Allerton's obvious preference for Mary would have been an insuperable obstacle; it only served to stimulate her ladyship.