It was the church that withstood the assaults and remained as a stable agency to provide the security and interest in tradition without which books can be neither disseminated nor wholly enjoyed.
I did play that, and wholly enjoyed it despite understanding little about the surrounding story.
They both seemed to be wholly enjoying themselves, matching each other in runs, ad-libs and belting high notes, and while there did seem to be an air of friendly competition between the two, it also felt like they were complimenting each other instead of trying to upstage one another, the way any duet should be.
Here I wholly enjoyed a beer-and-cheese soup, a juicy burger piled high with Wisconsin sharp cheddar on a housemade Stieber bun (right), and some hearty grilled bratwurst served with bacon-studded sauerkraut, grilled onions and Stout-spiked mustard on a toasted hard roll.
It is therefore wholly possible to enjoy a day which combines the sands of South Beach with a natural haven where alligators and crocodiles swim, and 350 bird species haunt the skies.
What twisted permutation of masculinity have we created that there's a whole band of people who can only enjoy the wholly compelling subject of science if they pretend to be 10-year-old boys let loose in the new interactive wing of a museum?
But now, with the advent of digital 3D technology being installed in cinemas worldwide, and the fact that the choice of films in 3D is not only broader but much better, audiences need only head to a multiplex and put on the glasses to immerse themselves in what is proving to be a wholly new way to enjoy the latest studio blockbuster.
They're bright and kaleidoscopic and a little too cerebral to be enjoyed wholly on one listen, but they pave the way nicely for the main attraction.
All children, and those "grown-ups" whose frolicsome tendencies are not wholly submerged in worldly cares, enjoy good nonsense, and there is no doubt that the great nonsense writer has a wide and enthusiastic audience.
