“If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I ought to apologize for that. I ought to prune, pare and extirpate excess growth, but I will not. I like words – strike that, I love words.” – The Fry Chronicles   A

I was saddened, like many others, to hear of the death of Eric Hobsbawm today.  What I didn’t expect was that it would make it as a trending topic on Twitter. I think he must have been more popular than any of us realised.