Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Making a programme that appears to condone a positive stereotype actually enforces all the negative ones as well. It says that they… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Get up now and go and find Robert Kilroy-Silk. Smile in a warm, friendly sort of way, then punch him on the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Television in the 1960s & 70s had just as much dross and the programmes were a lot more tediously patronising than they… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they… — 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
