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.
doing-nothing enjoy
I enjoy doing nothing.
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.