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
alan blazer worn
Alan Whicker may be the last Briton to have worn a silver-buttoned blazer with complete confidence.
legs michael
Michael Owen - he's got the legs of a salmon.
joys serve
One of the many joys of tongue-twisters is that they serve no purpose beyond fun.
brag people
All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.
closure justice shows three
It shows some closure and some justice for what has been done to all three children.
guilty justice shows three
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.
compelling life strangers tedious trailing
In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for some reason, television is more compelling than real life.
bubble critics plays
More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average.
feels forward looking middle soon
I'm usually in the middle of everything, but I wasn't in the middle this time, ... It feels great. I'm looking forward to the trip, as soon as I get over the shock.
funny seemed slave strikes time unlikely
Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then.
endless everyday gets great looking round strikes
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.
reads
More and more, I find that the news reads like a particularly random game of Consequences.
discomfort love outlet pop seems
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival.
appears builders skip
The first sign builders are on their way is when - hey, presto! - a skip appears outside your house.