The Philosophy of Whisky
I actually wrote a “proper” blog post on this one… it seemed the thing to do at the time.
2021
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I'm absolutely incensed by this – we ordered some high-end wine glasses (Zalto Universal) via Amazon (Marketplace), and this is what turned up. Genuine Zalto on the right. We've been refunded etc. but the stones on these people, honestly… (plus, they turned up filthy). #firstworldproblems #stillarseholesthough
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Professor at Large: The Cornell Years
A collection of transcripts from John Cleese’s addresses to Cornell University during his tenure (now indefinite) as professor-at-large at Cornell University: a post which, as he describes it, consists of “turning up periodically to stir things up”. It’s probably fair to say that about a third of this book is the transcript of his conversation…
Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes
Lovingly assembled collection of bits & pieces from dear-departed comic & human being Jeremy Hardy. He was truly one-of-a-kind and several nuggets in this book really shone out for me. Interspersed throughout were tributes/contributions from other friends & comics, making for a book which was more of a fond & fitting reminiscence, rather than a…