Lacquer-black Vltava
Lovely vowel harmony in that 'lacquer-black', it deserves to entirely supplant the boringly bog standard 'pitch black'. Do me a...
Sword-point conversion
A compelling means to bring people over to your opinion and a reason to be cheerful you live in 21st century Grimsby...
Brocade-trimmed orrery
The stereotype of the anally retentive chamberlain mechanically following a ritual timetable reminds me of Sourdust in Mervyn Peake's...
Contains scenes of …
Now, there's a concept, censoring for blandness rather than violence and passion. Wonder if the film was a hit...
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Free trade and British decency
Winder breezily lobs perspective into cosy schoolyard us-and-them memories.  Britain had a role in triggering the first world war (among...
As easy as …
A fun simile to sum up wiping out your enemies with ease and efficiency.
For a while...
Whey-faced neurasthenics
Surely a candidate for a Triologism Trophy? What a fun image, a perfect 19th century refined salon scene set in...
Brain as bathroom shelf
Simon Winder is a favourite historian and the upcoming review of his Germania will show why. He has more original phrasing...
Near-Dakotan awfulness
With apologies to Dakotans, but Winder's lack of political rectitude is part of his charm, and you can be assured it’s...
Gum-burning brandy
A toothache-anaesthetizing solution gives a jaunty air to this fun concept of the Dullest Exhibition-case Award. But lest you think...
Hysteria-edged frieze
Simon Winder is a particularly gifted triologist, with both the books I've read yielding dozens of superbly original phrases, exuberant,...
Cryptic afterlife
Baron Franz von der Trenck (1711-49), despite dying young and in disgrace, somehow contrived to be preserved in long life...
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