Alan Coren

INTRODUCTION Dilys Powell Images moving in black and white or colour on a screen at the end of a darkened room: that is the cinema. The images are shadows of a reality which is itself a fake. But they talk, sing, dance, fight, suffer, make love and die. And they stir the spectator....

Olipa kerran, nőin sata vuotta sitten, muuan linnake tásmálleen silloisen Montanan territorion, nykyisen Montanan osavaltion keskellá. Vuoret ympáröivát linnaketta. Itse asiassa vuoret ympáröivát váhán kaikkea Montanassa, ja kuten arvata saattaa, juuri siksi aluetta Montanaksi...

Introduction This book is a collection of over 4500 quotations selected for their succinctness, aptness and wit. The quotations have been classified into about 600 thematic headings. These are major topics, such as life, death, love, war, etc. The themes are arranged in alphabetical...

VorspeiseUnlike the prolegomena of my earlier works, this is no ordinary vorspeise. Hitherto, it has always been my practice to use this doodling-space to explain my title, if only to myself. This time, that function is beyond me: I do not know why this book is called The Cricklewood Diet.All I...

Fresh from his triumph out west, Arthur takes a ship for England. Aboard the storm-tossed SS Murgatroyd he meets not only the great Gilbert and Sullivan, but also the even greater Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, to say nothing of the half-crazed Duchess of Cricklewood.