Pietro Mascagni

The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.