Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and air marshals, then the brigadiers, then a bit of a gap and the colonels and wing commanders and… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to give. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Have you ever wondered why the rich and privileged care about, or even bother with, the gift bag? Because they don't need this stuff.… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the blitz, the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
