shouted

PETER HITCHENS: I’ve seen hamsters more intimidating than this mob who shouted at me

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A person wearing a face-muzzle, a baseball cap and socks adorned with the words ‘Hotter than Hell’ appeared at my side.  He or she (I had better be careful not to assign a gender) spoke sharply to me, like someone with power: ‘Why have you chosen to stand here?’ For a moment, I was taken … Read more

‘Why are you not wearing masks?’ Brave policemen arresting a boy with a KNIFE are shouted at

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‘Why are you not wearing masks?’ Passer-by shouts at policemen while they are busy trying to arrest a knife-wielding teenager Three metropolitan police officers have been filmed searching a man in London A group who gathered nearby shouted at them to ‘put on a mask’ amid Covid-19 The officers told the group to separate if … Read more

Churchill’s secretaries were shouted at, worked 20-hour days and had to take dictation up ladders

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BOOK OF THE WEEK WORKING WITH WINSTON  by Cita Stelzer (Head of Zeus £20, 400 pp)   Fetch me klop!’ That was Winston Churchill, barking instructions to his quaking new secretary Kathleen Hill in 1937, on her first evening working for him. ‘Klop’ was Churchill’s private onomatopoeic word for his hole-puncher. But Kathleen had no idea … Read more