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Jolliffe, John

John Jolliffe has edited various biographical collections, including Raymond Asquith: Life and Letters, and written a history of Glyndebourne. He also reviews regularly for The Spectator and Country Life.

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Prussian Blues

John Jolliffe on Theodor Fontane, Before the Storm

Of the many missed opportunities of my schooldays, failure to learn German is the one I have regretted most and longest. But in 1949, when the chance arose, German was not the flavour of the month. There was still a large gap in one corner of School Yard where a German bomb had missed a large dormitory of sleeping boys by a few feet. And only a few years earlier, my housemaster had fought with distinction in the Green Jackets, and then married the widow of another officer, killed in battle. He bullied us into opting for elementary science (which has never been the slightest use to me) rather than German for School Certificate.

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