I confess I chuckled heartily when I saw the eyebrow-raising words “Cheney’s Lingerie Legacy” at Andrew Sullivan’s site. Two more words popped up, unprompted but irresistably and immediately. No prizes – not even for the bright pupils of Market Snodsbury Grammar School – for guessing that Spode was one and Eulalie the other.

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