The Oldie

The dark side of the White House

Not many people in this country, I would guess, grow up wanting to be Prime Minister – apart from the present incumbent, who at the age of five declared that he wanted to be ‘World King’.

In the United States, the story is different. An annual holiday around the time of George Washington’s birthday (22nd February 1732) is popularly known as Presidents Day, and every American child knows that (as long as they were born in the USA) they can grow up to be president. Presidents

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Oldie

The Oldie5 min read
Do Mention The War
Never go back. Or, then again, cast aside any such thinking and, like a famous rock star, book the venues, load up the vans and hit the road one more time. John Cleese isn’t a rock star and isn’t exactly hitting the road. But he’s certainly reaching
The Oldie1 min read
The Oldie
Editor Harry Mount Sub-editor Penny Phillips Art editor Michael Hardaker Supplements editor Charlotte Metcalf Editorial assistant Amelia Milne Publisher James Pembroke Patron saints Jeremy Lewis, Barry Cryer At large Richard Beatty Our Old Master Dav
The Oldie3 min read
I'm Dying To Cure The Cost-of-living Crisis
I’m too much of a Catholic convent girl to be persuaded by the arguments favouring euthanasia – now called ‘assisted dying’. But if I were to be tempted by the campaign advanced so successfully by Esther Rantzen, the point that might lure me is money

Related Books & Audiobooks