The Spectator, 7 May 2011 issue
"I abhor the idea of taking a mobile-phone call at the dinner table but my friend Douglas Brinkley, eminent historian and editor (of Ronald Reagan and Hunter Thompson alike) has three small children and when his wife calls he rightly answers. So on Sunday night in Houston, Texas, at the home of the bountiful Michael and Nina Zilkha, we got an early notice that the President would soon be on the air."
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2 comments:
Great to read that Hitch was in Texas visiting friends!
Hitch is an inspiration. That said, this piece of work is not. Contrary to popular lore, there is no valour in sinking with one's ship. Cheers to moving on!
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