Another concept I loved was "tonypandy" -- they 1953 equivalent of "fake news". And why it's so important to go to original, contemporaneous, sources and not accept some later retelling of an event or person, no matter how exalted the person doing the retelling.
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the sainted and infallible Thomas More's personal account of Richard III
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What could possibly be wrong with the personal account of a man revered for his integrity as Thomas More had been revered for four centuries?
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I wouldn't have the sainted More as a present
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