Blassie was so identified with the insult, that he released a single, unsurprisingly called ‘Pencil Neck Geek’ in 1975. This has also been sung at me, in a wounding way, on several damaging occasions.

40,000 people were killed instantly. During WWI, Rasputin, a self-proclaimed holy man, gained a reputation in Russia as a mystic, prophet and healer. He met and befriended the Tsar and his wife and ...