Old newspapers have a strange effect on me...

Una Gioncada Haldane

Tyrone-native living in Italy during Mussolini's regime

All old newspapers have a strange effect on me anyway: they are almost like old letters. Yet look how disrespectful is our treatment of them. The tragedy of the battle of France covers your blankets, the anguish of the Egyptian campaign last year is wrapped around a pair of shoes. Headlines that made you despair stare up at you while you now peacefully peel vegetables on them; the London blitz protects your eggs.