Jeffrey Bernard
Jeffrey Bernard
Jeffrey Bernard /bərˈnɑːrd/was a British journalist, best known for his weekly column "Low Life" in The Spectator magazine, and also notorious for a feckless and chaotic career and life of alcohol abuse. He became associated with the louche and bohemian atmosphere that existed in London's Soho district. He was later immortalised in the comical play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell by Keith Waterhouse...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 May 1932
horse gambling way
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
drinking addiction impossible
The more necessary it becomes to stop drinking, the more impossible it becomes to stop.
stars self mind
Oh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day.
doing-nothing enjoy
I enjoy doing nothing.
want matter comfort
But you've got to have money for comfort, which obviously doesn't matter as much when you're young, but even so. I always like to bloody eat well and be warm. Have a drink when I want it.
names drunk people
It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that boring drunk Dylan Thomas. You don't forget things like that.
horse fighting race
I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse, a free trip to Chantilly, marriage, a large unsolicited loan, ten tips for a ten-horse race, two second-hand cars, a fight, and the copyright to a dying jockey's life story.
couple care medical
I was under the care of a couple of medical students who couldn't diagnose a decapitation.