From Horatio Clare
AA GILL IN NATURIST SHOCK AA Gill is looking smart. “Aren’t you supposed to be unwell?” “Away?” he says, patiently “Yes! I’ve mixed you up with Jeffrey Bernard!” “Who is unwell.” “Unless he’s made a full recovery in the Better…
Identity thoughts (not footie)
At one of the sessions on the Greeks that are punctuating this weekend it was pointed out that the Greeks would certainly not have called themselves that. The Graecoi (Bettany Hughes will sort out my spelling later) were a rather…
Footie thoughts
Thanks to the joys of Hay-on-mud last night I missed the opening match of Euro 2012 but I was not without football. It was from unlikely sources- those two operatic greats Bryn Terfel (who had been singing) and Joan Rodgers…
Michael Jacobs on Hay 25
I’m here in Hay to chair a celebration on Spanish food, and I’m doing something most Spaniards would find utterly baffling – I’m standing cold and wet under an awning, hugely enjoying an ice cream. The grim weather conditions fail…
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