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Humorous life and the price of fame in early politics
The piece argues a public figure must avoid being the clown and pursue solemn work. It recalls Spencer Leigh Hughes and other artists who gained fame for humor, noting the world’s preference for laughter over serious achievement. It references W. W. Jacobs and B. G. Knowles, then shifts to a terrier Peter aiding a rescue in Borrowdale and an old boot sole recycling idea from the Fertiliser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Nevill
Mayfair and Montmartre
Michael Dane
The
London Mail
Spencer Leigh Hughes
Lfe
W. W. Jacobs
Edgar Allap Poe
B.G. Knowles
Royal Geographical Society
Shakespeare
Hogarth
John Sebastian