JAMES MASON: THE SAD CAD By Simon Edge "...when the comic Eddie Izzard used to do a stream-of-consciousness ramble where he portrayed God as a bumbling figure with the voice of James Mason, it brought the house down. According deity status to this instantly recognisable British export, with his unique form of seductive caddishness, was cheeky but somehow fitting." James Mason "...was born in Huddersfield a century ago, the son of an affluent textile manufacturer..." "A century after his birth, that work still stands the test of time."