Critic, essayist and cultural savant A.A. Gill is probably the most widely read columnist in Britain. His books The Angry Island and A.A. Gill is away have found delighted fans in America as well, an
Think 'grand cafe' and the image that immediately springs to mind is a decadent, smoke/filled place populated by coffee/drinking thinkers, writers and artists in 1930s Europe. Along with the brasserie
This book celebrates everything that makes breakfast (and its cousin, brunch) special from the country that has raised it to the level of culinary art. While often called the most important meal of t
A British contributing editor at Vanity Fair presents a tribute to America that traces the history and logic of the nation's habits while sharing illuminating anecdotes reflecting the nation's diverse
Think of England, and anger hardly springs to mind as its primary national characteristic. Yet in The Angry Island, A. A. Gill argues that, in fact, it is plain old fury that is the wellspring for En
