The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done.

1926 was the most significant year. Looking back, it seems that it was not just a year in the sense of time. It was a year of great realisation or awareness. It seems to me that at certain times of the history of man, the understanding of certain situations ripens.

I'm not a great one for looking back.

Looking back at my high school years, I'm struck by how slowly history can move.

Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting.

It is not possible to go forward while looking back.