“Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.”

—  Boris Johnson

"A wise guy playing the fool to win", Sunday Times, 16 July 2000, p. 17.
While at the Daily Telegraph, explaining why his work was usually late.
2000s, 2000

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