24 June 2015

• Pantomime: The art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings etc. by gestures without speech. 
• So why were they booing him-and were their actions harmless pantomime fun, or something altogether more dispiriting? (Sarfraz Manzoor) 
• Regale: To entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight
• When I was growing up in 1980s, my father would regale us with stories about the great fast bowler Fazal Mahmood, who helped Pakistan beat Len Hutton's England at The Oval in 1954. (Sarfraz Manzoor)