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Matthew Parris's Scorn is a selection of the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. There's no pleasure like a perfectly-turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) and Matthew Parris's Scorn is a selection of the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Winston Churchill, Mae West and Alastair Campbell, Scorn includes everything from the perfect elegant riposte to a brutal verbal sledgehammer. A few examples: 'Authors are easy to get on with - if you're fond of children.' Michael Joseph I married beneath me - all women do.' Nancy Asquith 'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.' Albert Einstein
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- 05 Feb – William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist & poet
- 05 Feb – Russell Grant (1951- ), British astrologer, author & media personality
- 06 Feb – Ramón Novarro (1899–1968), Mexican Hollywood actor & sex symbol
- 07 Feb – Mark Tewksbury (1968–), Canadian Olympic swimmer & LGBT rights activist
- 08 Feb – James Dean (1931–1955), American film actor & cultural icon
- 09 Feb – Holly Johnson (1960- ), English artist, musician, writer, best known as lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- 09 Feb – Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989–), Finnish swimmer
- 10 Feb – Bill Tilden (1893–1953), American tennis player
- 12 Feb – Philip, Prince of Eulenburg (1847–1921), German politician & diplomat
- 12 Feb – George Smitherman (1964–), Canadian politician, former Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)
- 16 Feb – John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film & stage director
- 17 Feb – Peter Karlsson (1966–1995), Swedish hockey player
- 18 Feb – Ned Sherrin CBE (1931–2007), English broadcaster, author & stage director. Qualified as a barrister
- 19 Feb – F. O. Matthiessen (1902–1950), American historian & literary critic
- 19 Feb – Justin Fashanu (1961–1998), English footballer who played between 1978-1997 inc Norwich City, Nottingham Forest. £1 million transfer fee
- 20 Feb – William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938), British politician
- 20 Feb – Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American attorney during the McCarthy era
- 20 Feb – John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (1948–), English business executive
- 21 Feb – W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet
- 21 Feb – Hubert de Givenchy (1927–2018), French fashion designer
- 21 Feb – David Geffen (1943–), American record executive & film producer
- 22 Feb – Edward Enninful OBE (1972- ), Ghanaian editor-in-chief of Br. Vogue & European editorial director of Condé Nast
- 22 Feb – Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), English actor, known for his comedy roles (Carry On) & in later life as a raconteur/diarist
- 21 Feb – Elliot Page (1987–), Canadian actor & film producer
- 27 Feb – Derren Brown (1971- ), English mentalist, illusionist, painter & author. TV debut in 2000 - Derren Brown: Mind Control
- 28 Feb – Stephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet, novelist & essayist
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