As life goes on, we accrue more and more loseable objects. Providence dictates that objects that are too large to lose, such as houses, always come with tiny little keys, specially designed to give you the slip. Craig Brown Read Quote
Like many men, I am highly skilled in the art of losing things but prefer to outsource the recovery process. Craig Brown Read Quote
All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are. Craig Brown Read Quote
What would we do without plaques to tell us who lived where and when? They introduce the past into the present, and are the quickest and most interesting way of reminding us that our streets exist above and beyond the here-and-now. Craig Brown Read Quote
When I tell people I don’t own a mobile phone and wouldn’t know how to text, they react as though I have just confessed that I can’t read. Craig Brown Read Quote
When I was young, I used to expect Parisians to wear little black berets, to bicycle about with strings of onions around their necks, and to brandish long sticks of bread, just like they used to do in school textbooks. Craig Brown Read Quote
Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble. Craig Brown Read Quote
There’s nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I’ll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time. Craig Brown Read Quote
More and more, I find that the news reads like a particularly random game of Consequences. Craig Brown Read Quote
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival. Craig Brown Read Quote
