Lend Me Your Ears: Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (4th edition)

Part of the Oxford family of quotation dictionaries, Lend Me Your Ears is the fourth edition of the well‐known book of political quotations by Antony Jay. First published in 1996 and previously reviewed in these columns (RR 2001/317 and RR 2004/245), our current editor described it as the “standard work in the field” (RR 2004/245). A perpetual favourite, it remains a really enjoyable and useful reference that varies between pleasure, topicality and utility. This is one of the few reference books I have reviewed that you would find in almost any type of bookshop (physical or virtual) and...