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"It was the largest city in western Europe, with a population of over half a million, and it had an ebullient print media that was constantly commentating on the fashions and follies of the age."

Frank, who also directed The Queen's Gambit, said: "I'm grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly."

The annual act of folly and crystal ball-gazing that brings about my Premier League predictions.

It would, of course, be a colossal act of folly, though anything but a first in history.

They will blame him for what they perceive as a folly – his belief that achieving nuclear status would render his regime invincible.