tall story

The daughter of Henry Fonda, she made her feature debut in the 1960 romantic comedy “Tall Story” and enjoyed her greatest critical and commercial successes in a run of 1970s films that included Oscar-winning turns in “Klute” and “Coming Home,” and a lead in the politically charged thriller “The China Syndrome.”

“When I hear Russia saying it’s ready for new cooperation and a new international order without hegemony, that’s a tall story,” the French president added.

"When I hear Russia saying it's ready for new cooperation and a new international order without hegemony, that's a tall story. On the basis of what? Invading your neighbour, non-respect of borders you don't like. What's this order? Who is hegemonic today? Russia," he said.

“It’s just become a tall story told around campfires,” a local resident, Ben Large, said from behind the counter of the Mansfield bike shop.

This is not a tall story, rather a story about a tall man - sometimes called the British Goliath, but mostly the 'Cardiff giant' - one of Wales' unknown heroes.