Hastings is particularly good on the sufferings of the French soldier, the logistical constraints that brought the German advance to a halt, and the frailties of British generalship – a lifetime of observing our princes and paladins has left him with scant respect for any of them.
My feelings of being Czech after a lifetime being British are bound to be vestigial.
He remains, in my eyes, quite simply the greatest British director of my lifetime.
Freud thought his close friend Frank Auerbach the best British painter of his lifetime.
Her many honors include the Order of the British Empire and the lifetime achievement award of the American Society of Magazine Photographers.
In the same year, she was awarded a British Soap Award for lifetime achievement for her role in EastEnders.
One thing that does amaze me is that it has taken almost all of my lifetime for British men to enter this self-transformation game.
About the artist: Gwen John (1876-1939) During her lifetime, the British painter Gwen John, who was born and grew up in Pembrokeshire, was overshadowed by her more famous and flamboyant younger brother, Augustus.
This is one of the most fertile periods in modern British music in my lifetime, with pop being warped and twisted into wonderful new forms as it dances in and out of the mainstream.
However, on the main stage, the conference was dominated by Europe and immigration, with Farage saying the referendum was the opportunity of a lifetime for British people to get their country back.
