brian sewell, national jewel

I've been catching up on Brian Sewell in the London Evening Standard.

In many a twilight hour, I would be sent forth, ''round the corner'', on my little bicycle by Dad to collect an Evening Standard from the news vendor. Then he switched preference to the Evening News; I don't know why...

Pandora's Box

Journo-lisms: Cause and effect

''Just a couple of hours before the earthquake hammered poor Haiti, I was reorganising my bookshelves at home. In the Haiti section...''

Andy Kershaw, The Independent

Do you have a Haiti section? Any section at all? Why not?

Pandora's Box

Journo-lisms: for openers,

''The multimilliondollar question, the one that follows Jimmy Page around like relentless feedback from an amp...''

James Jackson, The Times

When Tinnitus goes to Eleven.

(And when did it become a multi million dollar question? Picky, I know, but I remember when it was just $64k.)