Saturday, March 22, 2014
A dry martini can't be faked
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In recent postings, it has been my pleasure to cite extracts from two great peers of the dry martini, Lord Da...
Friday, March 21, 2014
A guinea a week was ample board in 1714
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Meanwhile, Dean Swift, angry with the political folly of his friends .., and in a fit of dudgeon because he had failed...
Thursday, March 20, 2014
A gentleman and his Psalter
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In our wintry, Lenten season we know better than to feign to evade Thursday's destined lamentations altogether, and ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
An ill-bred divorce
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Russia's seizure of the Crimean peninsula is a revanchist move by an incurably degenerate em- pire; but Russia has th...
Monday, March 17, 2014
Burnishing days
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Mr Ramsay could climb the rope just with his hands. It was a wee bit like showing off. I would love to have done it. He had his le...
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Saturday commute civ: That, and a very good eddy
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I always feel the thing to go for is speed. ...
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