Author: Daniel K. Connolly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843834786
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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An examination of the intricate cartography of Matthew Paris, and the meanings of the maps themselves.

Author: Matthew Parris
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782832971
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'You're as ugly as a salad.' Bulgarian insult 'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' Muhammed Ali There's no pleasure like a perfectly turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. Here are the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Princess Anne, Winston Churchill, Nigel Farage, Mae West and Alastair Campbell - which form an exchange between voices down the ages - Scorn shows that abuse can be an art form. This collection includes extended literary invective as well as short verbal shin-kicks. Encompassing literature, art, politics, showbiz, marriage, gender, nationality and religion, Matthew Parris's sublime collection is the perfect companion for the festive season, whether you're searching for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer.

Author: Matthew Parris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780241968291
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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A modern Conservative long before? The Conservative party became modern . . . Chastised by Margaret Thatcher for jumping into the Thames to save a dog, Matthew Parris was never destined for high office. In fact his life choices suggest he was an outsider even when he was in: he turned down MI6 because he was gay - only to become a Tory MP. Yet his years on the backbenches and as a parliamentary sketch writer and columnist have placed him in a unique position - part participant, part bystander - to witness Westminster and all its foibles. In this expanded new edition Parris reflects on a decade which has seen tremendous changes in his personal life (the death of his father; a civil partnership) and in the public life about which he still writes: the fall of Labour, the financial crisis and the current turmoil in a Tory party which still retains his loyalty but which exasperates him beyond measure. Winner of the Channel 4/Politico's Political Book of the Year Award 'Made me laugh out loud. A book full of wisdom.' Simon Hoggart, Guardian 'Brilliant, deliciously entertaining.' Observer 'Of interest to students and lovers of politics. Parris is a skilful entertainer, who informs as well as amuses.' Literary Review 'Whimsy, polemic, irony, humour. A scintillating read.' Boris Johnson, Sunday Telegraph

Author: Matthew Parris
Publisher: Robson
ISBN: 9781861057365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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Scandalously it's been business as usual in parliament despite Tony Blair's promise of a new dawn over Britain in 1997. Conmen, secret home loans, walks on the wild side, liars, ridiculously expensive wallpaper and a jailed peer-cum-celebrated author have joined the prostitutes, gropers, shady share dealers, rent boys and Soviet spies that have been such a colourful feature of politics for five centuries. In this comprehensively updated edition of the bestselling 'Great Parliamentary Scandals', Matthew Parris and Kevin Maguire shine an entertaining and highly revealing light into the murky underworld of British parliamentary life, exposing the low side of high office.

Author: Matthew Parris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781257241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Matthew Paris
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750905237
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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A monk's chronicle offers a record of life and events in 13th-century England and further afield. Colour reproductions of the original manuscript decorations add to the detail.

Author: Matthew Parris
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0670919292
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Up till 2006, a British Ambassador quitting his post abroad would write a valedictory despatch circulated widely across government, from other far-flung members of the service to the Prime Minister himself. This was the parting shot, the opportunity to offer a personal view of the country he was leaving- the alcoholic intake of its population, the corruption of its ministers, the state of the capital's drains, or the impossibility of getting embassy staff to clean British guests' shoes - whatever he or she wanted to get off their chest. Often funny, frequently astute and almost always gloriously non-politically correct, these parting shots shed light on Britian's place in the world, and reveal the curious cocktail of priviledge and privation which make up the life of an ambassador abroad. 'There is, I fear, no question but that the average Nicaraguan is one of the most dishonest, unreliable, violent and alcholic of the Latin Americans' Roger Pinsent, Managua, 1967 'The detention of the Pinochet made life in Chile unusually interesting... I have never received quite so many death threats' Dame Glynne Evans, Lisbon, 2004

Author: Matthew Paris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 564

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Author: Barry Unsworth
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307948447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 647

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Winner of the Booker Prize A historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.

Author: Matthew Parris
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241961785
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 339

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Walking in the Pyrenees, Matthew Parris stumbled upon a magnificent medieval house. Inspirational and instructional, this is the story of one man's dream to turn a forgotten ruin into his very own castle in Spain.