When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
As life goes on, we accrue more and more loseable objects. Providence dictates that objects that are too large to lose, such… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Women are more sensitive, more practical, more intelligent, more balanced, better able to deal with people, better cooks, better parents, better carers,… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
As a rough rule of thumb, I would say the smaller the pond, the more belligerent the fish. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
More and more, I find that the news reads like a particularly random game of Consequences. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Like the periwig and the bowler bat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
“One evening, at the time of the Six-Day War, I [Christopher Hitchens] had my wicked way with a lovely lady, who had earlier intimated… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
When I tell people I don't own a mobile phone and wouldn't know how to text, they react as though I have just confessed… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.” — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Many people see the chance to eat something for nothing, without the need to cook or wash up, as the great consolation of going… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for being the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
