Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster. Craig Brown mediumshowshyster Change image and share on social
Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to be admitted to the walled garden of good taste are discreet and pastel-hued. Craig Brown admitbrightlycolour Change image and share on social
Many people see the chance to eat something for nothing, without the need to cook or wash up, as the great consolation of going out to dinner. But they forget quite how difficult it is to talk to a stranger and eat at the same time. Craig Brown chanceconsolationcook share on social
Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble. Craig Brown acrimonycrudeend Change image and share on social
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.' Craig Brown analystbabybeautiful share on social
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. Craig Brown andrewcombinecompulsion Change image and share on social
My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day. Craig Brown 5thbatallioncameron Change image and share on social
When I was young, I used to expect Parisians to wear little black berets, to bicycle about with strings of onions around their necks, and to brandish long sticks of bread, just like they used to do in school textbooks. Craig Brown beretbicycleblack share on social
Like many men, I am highly skilled in the art of losing things but prefer to outsource the recovery process. Craig Brown arthighlylose Change image and share on social
As a rough rule of thumb, I would say the smaller the pond, the more belligerent the fish. Craig Brown belligerentfishpond Change image and share on social
