Craig Brown
Craig Brown
Craig Edward Moncrieff Brownis an English critic and satirist, best known for his parodies in Private Eye...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth23 May 1957
It is only if you happen to be a newscaster that the tongue-twister spells peril.
affect forgotten guys indictment players playing quite resilient suspect
Players are resilient guys and tomorrow, quite frankly, I suspect it'll all be forgotten - after all, they're not playing for Sven, they are playing for England. So to say it could affect their performance, that's an indictment of the players.
good strewn writers wrote
Some of the most untidy writers have also been the most productive. Iris Murdoch, for instance, wrote a good 30 books in a house strewn with rubbish.
compelling life strangers tedious trailing
In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for some reason, television is more compelling than real life.
By and large, the artistic establishment disapproved of Margaret Thatcher.
home spot thrilling town
For some reason, it is always thrilling to spot your home town in the news.
beautiful hate perhaps players sinister supporters
How I hate the Beautiful Game! I hate its cry-baby players and its gruff, joyless managers, its blokish supporters and its sinister owners, its whistle-peeping referees and its chippy little linesmen, its excitable commentators and - perhaps most of all - its unpluggable 'analysts.'
bedroom close hear wake
The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the sun dapple our bedroom ceiling.
appears builders skip
The first sign builders are on their way is when - hey, presto! - a skip appears outside your house.
diligence due good population problem quickly remains
A good population of elms remains in Langford due to the diligence of the residents in quickly removing the problem trees,
andrew combine compulsion creatures discomfort extreme odd
Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of those odd moth-like creatures who seem to combine extreme discomfort with the spotlight with an unstoppable compulsion to leap into it.
brag people
All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.
ambition brilliant coach full impeccable initiative pedigree surprise
You could tell then that he was an outstanding coach and a brilliant tactician. He was full of initiative and ambition and, having had an impeccable pedigree as a player, it's not a surprise that he's flourishing as a coach.
funny seemed slave strikes time unlikely
Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then.