The Babenzele, a Pygmy tribe in the Congo, combine polyphony … and polyrhythm …. Many Westerners find this kind of music hard to follow and appreciate.

The neutrality, however, causes some peculiar situations, such as that arising from the prohibition of uniforms other than those of the Eireann Defence Forces and the Diplomatic Corps. This would be simple if no one from Eire were a sailor, soldier, or airman in the British Forces, but thousands of them are, and as such they may not wear mufti unless on leave from the B.E.F.

Ye little spalpeeny frog of a bog-throtting son of a bloody noun!

Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation.