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...Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism, 1830-1914 , by Emily Jones, Oxford University Press, RRP£60/$90 Edmund Burke is revered in English-speaking democracies as “the founder of modern conservatism...
...“I’m arriving at that. I’m arriving at that,” he smiles, chewing his food. “I’m arriving at that.” And then without prompting, “I’ve never killed anyone.”...
...Friedman tweeted: “I’m sorry everyone. I blew it. No excuses.”...
...The late James Burke, chief executive of J&J between 1976 and 1989, once said that the products had built a “reservoir of trust” in the company....
...Precedents for this include the “bisque” clause in the UK loan from the US negotiated by J M Keynes after the second world war, where the UK did not service the debt until the economy met agreed conditions...
...Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. What is your daily writing routine?...
...Robert Burke, luxury consultant, once told me that, for an industry that likes to pretend it is forward-thinking, fashion is actually incredibly conservative, and I tend to agree....
...Did Duke Ellington, Martha Graham, Bob Dylan, John Belushi, Leonard Bernstein, Patti Smith, Piet Mondrian or Joseph Mitchell? Correct me if I’m wrong but I think not....
...I’m staying with Joseph Bottum, a writer and literary critic. He moved back to his childhood home two years ago, after decades in the salons of Washington and New York....
...The whole site covers 4,700 sq m, not far short of White Cube’s 5,400 sq m gallery in Bermondsey, south London....
...Some seize on the famous words of the homosexual novelist E.M. Forster: “If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”...
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