During a party at Arlington House, London residence of British Press Lord Beaverbrook, the conversation turned to a British actress who was publicly planning a holiday abroad with her ex-husband. The Beaver thought that the public might consider the trip in bad taste, but one of his guests demurred. "I don't think so," said Arthur Christiansen, who had just retired after 24 years as editor of Beaverbrook's biggest newspaper, the London Daily Express (circ. 4,269,704). "Indiscretions merely attract the public in a greater degree to the box office." Delighted, the Beaver turned to another guest: "There you have the whole of...
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