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EVERYDAY DRINKING by Kingsley Amis

March 27, 2014 – 11:45 am

Not everyone is cut out to be a drinker. It’s an exacting devotion. Appreciation and dedication are not to be found at TGIFs or mall beer joints, unless the serious drinker has no other choice, since everyone knows that drinking alone is a serious indication of alcoholism. As long as there’s one other living person […]

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Posh 16ish Parties

May 31, 2013 – 7:11 pm

My friend stood on the balcony of his toney London house and looked down on the scrum of teenagers in his garden. The shouting horde smiled with red faces lost to the future in the haze of now. KS’s wife sat in the kitchen with the other moms. Her eyes said to KS, “Your problem.” […]

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On A Clear Day

October 22, 2012 – 6:23 pm

Almost sixty years ago weather conditions over London blanketed the city with a damp toxic fog of coal dust. The gray air was thick with choking carbon particles. Visibility was dropped to one foot in the Stygian gloom. Thousands fatally succumbed to respiratory ailments with hundreds of thousands suffering severe breathing difficulties throughout that December. […]

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Marking Up Rothko

October 7, 2012 – 2:12 pm

Today at London’s Tate gallery a tourist vandalized Black on Maroon 1958 by abstract artist Mark Rothko. A witness reported via twitter: “This guy calmly walked up, took out a marker pen and tagged it. Surreal.” The museum reported that the defacer used a brush and black paint to mark up the priceless painting, which […]

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Goodbye London

August 13, 2012 – 8:02 pm

Nearly 10,500 athletes from 204 countries participated in the London Olympics including women athletes from Saudi Arabia. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney exited from a meeting with the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street and openly questioned whether the British were ready for The Games. London Mayor Boris Johnson proudly defended the preparations and eighteen […]

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