Friday 16 March 2012

Article of faith

I'm a true believer in the separation of Church and baser instincts like hypocrisy, power, exploitation of innocence.
- Ken Russell, on The Devils (in his final article for The Times)

Less impressive, admittedly, is when he describes the friction between Cardinal Richelieu (yes, The) and 'French King Louis III', a man who had predeceased Richelieu by some 750 years.

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