Oldest profession (phrase) called “the oldest profession in the world", a profession which is carried on in Piccadilly, Regent street, and other parts of London with great energy every night … In the same year the "Pall Mall Gazette" reported a speech in which "Mrs. Ormiston Chant … implored us to stand shoulder to shoulder and destroy what Kipling has called 'the oldest profession in the world'". The phrase was frequently used as a euphemism when delicacy forbade direct reference to prostitution. Kipling was not the first to employ the phrase "the most ancient profession" in an opprobrious sense. The Irish poet Henry
Bard the Bowman the 1968 BBC Radio adaptation, Bard was voiced by Peter Williams. Bard is one of the cards in Iron Crown Enterprises's 1995 Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, which is illustrated by Angelo Montanini. In Inevitable Entertainment's 2003 "Hobbit" video game, André Sogliuzzo plays Bard. He also played the part of Ugslap. In Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's 2014 "Lego The Hobbit", Luke Evans reprises his role from the live-action film series. According to John D. Rateliff, Bard could have been inspired by Wiglaf from Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf", which inspired Tolkien with many elements in the final chapters of "The Hobbit". Like Bard,