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I'm SO glad I never had to learn English as a foreign language. This *looks* like nine consecutive nouns.
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I notice that the masterpiece-in-waiting that is Empty Wigs by #JonathanMeades needs four more pledges to fund. 900 pages of demonic invention - an alternative history of the 20th century. Rabelais re-written by Pynchon and lit by Goya. Thank me later.
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Bill Wyman hands his notice in to join the Rolling Stones, and his boss, Stanley Unwin, isn't happy.
This will bring you deep joy.
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A tribute to my brother, Jeremy Clarke
✍️ James Clarke
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Jeremy Clarke, one of the most loved columnists in the history of The Spectator, died this morning.
For 22 years his Low Life column proved that any life, no matter how humble, can be riveting - if the writing is good enough.
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Jeremy Clarke died this morning at his home in France. For 23 years, his column was, for many readers, one of the highlights of the magazine. Here is a brief selection of the best of Low Life:
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If you’re new to Amis, I also wrote this ranking of his novels a few years ago. Doesn’t include Inside Story of course, but was it really a novel? (No. No it wasn’t.)
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For anyone who doesn’t have TikTok: there’s a trend at the moment where people are romanticising their lives by editing them like Wes Anderson and it’s honestly so creative and wholesome
🧵👇 Here are a few of my favourite ones
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Delighted to see that there are now once again paperbacks of Empire of Booze available: amazon.co.uk/Empire-Booze-He…
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Is it a wise move for Scotch whisky companies to remove the aura of reverence around their product while jacking up prices? Latest thing on my substack. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p…
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I have started a substack about drink, history and culture. Please do sign up, it will make me feel important and you'll get something interesting to read once a week. 1st up something on Dao, Salazar and John Le Carre. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p…
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Newspaper reading rooms played an important role in people's lives. It's where private ads could be read in privacy and local news shared. John Kenneth Long depicts this admirable tradition in 'The Reading Room, Barnsley, South Yorkshire,' from the 1950s.
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Delighted to be officially drinks correspondent for the Critic and I have my own cartoon - a long held dreamed has been fulfilled.
We’re delighted that from the February issue onwards, @HenryGJeffreys is joining The Critic as our drink correspondent. Henry’s the @Fortnums Drink Writer of the Year and author of Empire of Booze: British History Through the Bottom of a Glass.
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One of his great pleasures was mashing potatoes thedabbler.co.uk/2010/10/key…
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Well, the old book might be temporarily unavailable but you can now order my new one: 'Vines in a Cold Climate: the people behind the English wine revolution'. Publishing 3 August. V. exciting. amazon.co.uk/Vines-Cold-Clim…
