"The might of France beaten by a man named Warren!" I wrote a thing about the Judgement of Paris which celebrates its 50th anniversary tomorrow and the decline French cultural prestige. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…
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The single best joke in any Carry On film.
“I tried it once and didn’t like it.”
Wrote a thing about Churchill and booze. Part 1 looks mainly at champagne henryjeffreys.substack.com/p… Part 2 on Friday.
No More Champagne by David Lough is excellent on Churchill's sheer extravagance amazon.co.uk/No-More-Champag…
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Replying to @HenryGJeffreys @parcelforce
I tried to send five bottles of Brunello to a friend in Highgate from Brighton via @RoyalMail . It shuttled between coventry and London three times. Then courtesy of @parcelforce three of the original bottles of Brunello appeared on my doorstep a month later. 🤷🏻
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Couple of years ago I need to get a taxi in Dieppe. I could see a lot of marked cabs with numbers but they were all empty and got no answer to my calls. Finally got through to one - who directed me to the bar where all Dieppe's taxi drivers were all drinking wine together. At 9am
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I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but this is for you.
Wrote a thing about the joy of a morning drink henryjeffreys.substack.com/p…
Wrote a thing about the joy of a morning drink henryjeffreys.substack.com/p…
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Just read this on substack, I have, on my travels, sampled a morning tipple. Murphy's Bar at Schiphol used to do an amazing Irish coffee, which hit especially well after a night flight from the back of beyond whilst waiting for your connection.
The pleasures of a Spanish breakfast: coffee, cigarette and brandy henryjeffreys.substack.com/p…
The pleasures of a Spanish breakfast: coffee, cigarette and brandy henryjeffreys.substack.com/p…
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I remember being in the queue at the Post Office in Edinburgh behind a man who wanted to send a parcel to Dublin for domestic prices because he refused to believe that the Republic of Ireland was an independent country
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Happy-making news story of the day is about the Glasgow museum who has removed an Egyptian mummy from display because "because it does not have consent from the deceased individual."
I'm hosting a lunch @spectator for England's best (probably) still wine producer Danbury Ridge, Pinot noir & chard to rival Burgundy & the very amusing winemaker Liam Idzikowski shop.spectator.co.uk/product…
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Sherry is great to be quaffed by itself. But a Solera Spritz – fino or manzanilla with tonic, grapefruit and ice – shows how easily it can be the standout star in a mixed drink. We look at this simple serve to cocktails involving state-of-the-art wizardry. the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/s…
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This is getting ridiculous. I’ve been chasing @BitebackPub since August for the contractually required royalty accounting for an old book of mine, including a formal notice in September. I still don’t have it.























