A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting… - A. A. Gill
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting…
- A. A. Gill
Making a programme that appears to condone a positive stereotype actually enforces all the negative ones as well. It says that they all have a valid … - A. A. Gill
Making a programme that appears to condone a positive stereotype actually enforces all the negative ones as well. It says that they all have a valid …
A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor'… - A. A. Gill
A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor'…
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are g… - A. A. Gill
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are g…
The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead … - A. A. Gill
The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead …
Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions. - A. A. Gill
Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the goo… - A. A. Gill
Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the goo…
The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows. - A. A. Gill
The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows.
The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule. - A. A. Gill
The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.
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