Spoons for swine
A revealing aspect of Svetlana Alexievich's interviews with Russian people, conducted first in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse,...
Care package
Rory Stewart has a moment of home comfort when some British soldiers he encounters on his hike across Afghanistan brew...
Chests as broad as horses
One of several heart-warming accounts of Rory Stewart's random encounters with British soldiers in Afghanistan.
They always show him and...
Collective noun for epithets
I like this collective noun for epithets, 'artillery' suggesting a quickfire delivery of pithy comments, with the additional charm of...
Lute-shaped sabretache
A fine triologism and, for me, a new word, clearly demonstrating that I don't mix in adequately aristocratic circles. A...
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