Roy, Disraeli, and the two nations

IT’S UNLIKELY that you while away your leisure hours dipping into Benjamin Disraeli’s novels.

Granted, that may be a gross presumption, though we at Talking Sport Towers are prepared to wager that ‘Vivian Grey’ and ‘Contarini Fleming’ sit untouched upon most readers’ bookshelves.

But one of Disraeli’s titles is good, or rather the sub-title is: Sybil, or The Two Nations. No, it is not a tell-all biography of Basil Fawlty’s wife. It does put us in mind of the many nations that you have here on this island.