Any person who has reached a reasonable age will probably have endured that unpleasant feeling, on waking after a satisfactory night of too much alcohol and an abundance of spirited conversation, of feeling embarrassed at things they remember saying and …
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There are three kinds of words. First, there are practical, workaday words which never stray outside the bounds of the dictionary and get the job done with a minimum of fuss, though perhaps not with a great deal of excitement …
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I’m going to indulge myself. I’m going to forsake topics that tend towards the weighty or serious. For today I learned that Peter O’Toole has retired from acting. Don’t get me wrong; the news hasn’t made me sad; on the …
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Last month I wrote some observations about the so-called golden age of publishing that’s been ushered in by the ease of self-publishing, and predicted that the bubble was bound to burst sooner or later. Some of the responses and discussions I’ve had …
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