[…] he had been spouting ill-considered politicisms the previous evening yet now, contrariwise, he was silent.

"It will be such an honor to ride with Woody [Glen] through the streets of Boston — wearing tiaras, of course — with the 45-foot bi pride flag and dozens of bi community members behind us,” [Ellyn] Ruthstrom says.

While the media sneerocracy only came round to Oliver because of his pro bono project, the huge number of people buying his books and wheeling their Sainsbury's trolleys in his wake had already responded to his charisma.

Long through the night the sounds of music and the shouts of laughter were heard on the banks of that starry river; long through the night you might have listened with enchantment to the wild tales of the storier […]