“Write the softest words and kiss them that I may at least touch my lips where yours have been. For myself I know not how to express my devotion to so fair a form: I want a brighter word than bright, ...

Among so-called Bright Young People “lousy” has become a playful adjective. Even “guts” is almost a tea-table noun. But in London last week Alfred Duff Cooper, husband of Lady Diana Manners, used both ...