Some very fascinating comments Abdallah Possi Edwin Kidiffu I went back to Oxford for a day or two to try for that most coveted of academic awards – a fellowship at All Souls. I could answer the legal questions all right, but we had to read Latin aloud. My pronounciation was mixed between the old and the new. That did not suit that stronghold of classicists. So I joined the distinguished company of ‘Failed All Souls’! Like the more numerous company of ‘Failed BA’. —Lord Denning The Family Story [London 1981] pp.38-39 Yes, I could have been a judge but I never had the Latin, never had the Latin for the judging. I just never had sufficient of it to get through the rigorous judging exams. They’re noted for their rigour. People came staggering out saying, ‘My God, what a rigorous exam’ – and so I became a miner instead. A coal miner. I managed to get through the mining exams – they’re not very rigorous. They only ask one question. They say ‘Who are you?’ and I got 75% for that. —Peter Cook Sitting on the Bench [Fortune Theatre 1961] Tragically I Was An Only Twin – The Complete Peter Cook ed. William Cook [London 2002] p. 45
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