That’s a great Muggeridge story, Peter. In the quotability stakes, Mugg was way up there. I especially liked his remark about David Frost: “When I first saw David Frost, I expected that he would soon sink without trace. In the event, he has *risen* without trace.”

However, the quip about the Ten Commandments being like an examination paper–”Six only to be attempted”–though often attributed to Mugg, in fact came originally from Bertrand Russell.