America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.
A. A. GILLAmerica didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.
A. A. GILLNobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It’s among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
A. A. GILLA lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo’s compliment and fishy as a chancellor’s promise.
A. A. GILLScience fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
A. A. GILLMy father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.
A. A. GILLThe reason that chefs become chefs is that they’re not allowed into rooms with windows.
A. A. GILLThe interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.
A. A. GILLBreakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.
A. A. GILLWe like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
A. A. GILLFacts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
A. A. GILLBeautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.
A. A. GILLI still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn’t watch television when the sun is out.
A. A. GILLHe (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers’ melt waters to go back
A. A. GILLI don’t know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
A. A. GILLWe like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
A. A. GILLYou either get the point of Africa or you don’t. What draws me back year after year is that it’s like seeing the world with the lid off.
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