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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agreements board dropped employment fact john join lawsuit played role subject understood until
The plaintiff dropped John Mack from the lawsuit after they understood the fact he played no role in authorizing the employment agreements that are the subject of the suit and didn't join the board until after the agreements were approved.
diligence due good population problem quickly remains
A good population of elms remains in Langford due to the diligence of the residents in quickly removing the problem trees,
enemies journalism turning
Journalism could be described as turning one's enemies into money.
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Like Christians, Soccerians argue that you should not judge the essence of their faith by the loopy activities of its followers. But the Beautiful Game is in fact quite the opposite. It is badly designed and riddled with flaws.
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.
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.
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.