Craig Brown
Craig Brown
Craig Edward Moncrieff Brownis an English critic and satirist, best known for his parodies in Private Eye...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth23 May 1957
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The news is increasingly full of mismatched people saying daft things to one another.
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It strikes me that golf's great virtue is that it gets you out of the house, away from everyday bothers, away from the endless round of looking for this, that and the other.
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The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible.
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It upsets me a lot that the jury doesn't get to hear a lot of things because the judge has to rule on certain things.
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You could tell then that he was an outstanding coach and a brilliant tactician. He was full of initiative and ambition and, having had an impeccable pedigree as a player, it's not a surprise that he's flourishing as a coach.
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The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the sun dapple our bedroom ceiling.
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The first sign builders are on their way is when - hey, presto! - a skip appears outside your house.
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A good population of elms remains in Langford due to the diligence of the residents in quickly removing the problem trees,
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of those odd moth-like creatures who seem to combine extreme discomfort with the spotlight with an unstoppable compulsion to leap into it.
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All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.
It is only if you happen to be a newscaster that the tongue-twister spells peril.
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It shows some justice for what's been done to all three children. She's next. I want the same thing for her. She's just as guilty as him.
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It shows some closure and some justice for what has been done to all three children.
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It wasn't a numbers game at all. It was a desire to have a leadership team that was uniquely selected to serve the Greenville market.