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Bookbenchers: Peter Lilley | 17 March 2013
Peter Lilley MP is the Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, and has been an MP since 1983. He was a Cabinet minister in both the Thatcher and Major governments, and today talks to us about Waugh, Tolstoy, and his quest for timeless literature. 1) Which book is on your bedside table at the moment?
Thursday
Supermarket
‘Wow! Look at the tax on that — it must be delicious.’
Tarzan
Tarzan of the apps
Shoes 2
Tiger
‘You heard of the “Tiger Who Came to Tea”? That was me, too.’
Vampires
‘I feel terrible. I drank too much last night.’
Penguins
‘That? That’s the smoking area.’
Englishquarter
‘Around here somewhere they have an English quarter.’
Gothic
‘It looked different in the brochure.’
Burgers
‘Here comes the world’s largest super-jumbo airbus...’
Stars
‘Don’t the stars make you feel small.’
Doesgodexist
Zero
‘Maybe Madam would like to try something that matches her personality?’
Rating
Popewaiting
‘And the winner is… Nigel Farage.’
Hedgehog
‘I love the horror genre.’
Film Viewer
‘This film contains strong language from the outset, soon giving way to mealy-mouthed euphemism.’
Letters | 14 March 2013
Sir David must stand down Sir: Reading the reports of Sir David Nicholson’s evidence before the House of Commons Health Committee on 5 March 2013 (Leading article, 9 March), it seems to me inconceivable that he could remain in his post. We are informed by the Prime Minister that in the current circumstances the NHS