He was raised in a family that prized learning, a fact reflected in the library of books he collected, his interests ranging from history to literature and music.

There's little to separate them in terms of performance or fuel economy — a fact reflected in the 3-litre model's premium of just 2,000 on the second-hand market.

Tribal still has much to prove, a fact reflected in the discount to its sector at which its shares, off 3½p at 153p, trade: just 13 times current-year earnings.

The library was founded primarily as a manuscript library, a fact reflected in the comparatively high ratio of manuscripts to printed works in its collection.