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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, September 18, 2017

. Our Eastern allies have just spent £2,000,000 in equipping a Government steel works. — The Nelson Evening Mail, September 8 1908 . Ben Stokes is the sixth Englishman to have his name on the honours boards at Lord’s for both batting and bowling. The smell of hot food is not very common on building sites. Annalise was […]

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Failure to launch?

Thursday, September 14, 2017

To Daunt’s in Marylebone, last night, where former pretty-boy and nightclub bouncer (and Amorist ‘Fiascos’ columnist) Anthony McGowan launched his latest literary venture, The Art of Failing. Subtitled Notes from the Underdog, the book chronicles a year in the life of West Hampstead’s shambolic would-be flâneur, by way of library mishaps, bad packed lunches, and […]

Filed in correspondence, Journalism | Also tagged Anthony McGowan, bookshops, Charlie Campbell, cricket, Daunt, drink, Facebook, health, London, love, Oneworld Publications, parties, publishing, sex, Stewart Lee, The Amorist, Tom Holland, West Hampstead, wives | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.1

Saturday, February 4, 2012

In which James Bond, Beyoncé Knowles, WG Sebald, Daniel Craig, Grant Gee, Alain de Botton, Eddie Redmayne and that girl with the dragon tattoo are discussed. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Also tagged Alain de Botton, Beyoncé, Daniel Craig, Eddie Redmayne, film, Germans, Grant Gee, James Bond, literature, music, Sweden, theartsdesk, TV, war, WG Sebald | Comments (0)

Devil May Care

Saturday, May 31, 2008

‘Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming’, reviewed. — For Stop Smiling

Filed in Journalism, review | Also tagged books, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Stop Smiling | Comments (0)