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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- 01 November – Sophie B. Hawkins (1967–), American singer-songwriter & musician
- 02 November – k.d. lang (1961–), Canadian singer-songwriter
- 07 November – Agnès Maltais (1956–), Canadian politician
- 08 November – Judith Gough (1972–), British diplomat, former U.K. Ambassador to Sweden
- 08 November – MarÃa Rachid (1974–), Argentinian politician, social leader & LGBTQ activist
- 09 November – Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938–), American radical feminist author & philosopher
- 09 November – Marie Dressler (1868–1934), Canadian-American actress
- 10 November – Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), American feminist & gay rights activist
- 10 November – Heather Matarazzo (1982–), American actress
- 12 November – Mary Baxter Ellis (1892–1968), British commanding officer of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
- 13 November – Rosie Jones (1959–), American golfer
- 14 November – Louise Brooks (1906–1985), American dancer & actress
- 14 November – Wendy Carlos (1939–), American composer & electronic musician
- 16 November – Jamie Babbit (1970–), American film director, producer & screenwriter
- 19 November – Jodie Foster (1962–), American actress, film director & producer
- 20 November – Grace Darmond (1893–1963), Canadian-American actress
- 21 November – Cherry Jones (1956–), American actress
- 22 November – Billie Jean King (1943–), American former professional tennis player
- 23 November – Robin Roberts (1960–), American TV broadcaster
- 23 November – Virginia Prince (1912–2009), American pharmacologist, publisher & transgender activist
- 26 November – Tammy Lynn Michaels (1974–), American actress
- 26 November – Emma Portner (1994–), Canadian dancer & choreographer
- 28 November – Rita Mae Brown (1944–), American writer & feminist
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