The House of Waugh by Harold Evans:

...whose indulgence of the English license for eccentricity was undiluted by the national preference for understatement.
[... его чисто английская страсть к чудачествам не была разбавлена английской же склонностью к преуменьшениям.]
...
Bron made so many enemies that his obituary in the Guardian was illustrated with a drawing of his corpse being washed down the lavatory pan.

See also: God by Alexander Waugh