Nice one, Mark. Took me right back to the Blitz. Er, no, I wasnโt actually there, but my Mum was โ working in an eye hospital in the English industrial midlands while the โblack-outโ was in force. Towns and cities were kept pitch dark at night to deprive the Hun bombing crews of landmarks. Most of Mumโs patients were people whoโd walked full tilt into lamp-posts. Plus รงa change โฆ

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Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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