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Journalist and reviewer for The Times & Sunday Times, etc Twitter: CliveDavisUK Facebook: www.facebook.com/clive.davis.10 Instagram: clivephotos

Vista

Posted on June 30, 2018

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Information overload, 18th century style

Posted on June 30, 2018

“Meantime, the pamphlets and half-sheets grow so upon our hands,” groaned Swift in 1710, “it will very well employ a man every day from morning til night to read them.” His solution? Never to open any! The doctor Thomas Beddoes … Continue reading →

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Parenthood

Posted on June 7, 2018
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Notebook

Posted on June 7, 2018

J.L. Carr, “How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup“.

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New world, old world

Posted on June 6, 2018

A fascinating evening of music and readings from Bill Murray and cellist Jan Vogler. They certainly deserved the standing ovations. I had one reservation though: Yes, that Bill Murray — actor, comic, loon and, maybe, the man who has found … Continue reading →

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Red on green

Posted on June 5, 2018
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The judge had led quite a sheltered life

Posted on June 4, 2018

Like Carman, the Honourable Sir Joseph Donaldson Cantley was from Manchester. But that was just about all they had in common. Far from having a rackety private life, Cantley was rumoured to have been a virgin until the age of … Continue reading →

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The man who had too much of everything

Posted on May 31, 2018

Talent being at the top of the list. From my Times review of a weighty new account of the rise and fall of the genius that was Robin Williams: The warning signs were there that moment in the 1970s when … Continue reading →

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In the know

Posted on May 28, 2018

Insider or outsider? From Robert Verkaik’s new book, “Posh Boys: How the English Public Schools Run Britain”: “Did you go to school?” The question asked of suspected Old Etonians by Old Etonians.

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Mayfly season

Posted on May 22, 2018
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