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High life

It’ll be me vs Jean-Claude Juncker at the Judo World Championships

This tournament will be my last — and I’ll win it by imagining I’m fighting that slob

26 September 2015

8:00 AM

26 September 2015

8:00 AM

Gstaad

Jeremy Clarke has wiped me out again, for a change. His accounts of the high jinks on board the Spectator cruise had the mother of my children laughing out loud, something she’s not known for among those of us who consider laughing loudly a staggering breach of taste. Never mind, Jeremy’s talents and his ability to describe the indescribable in vivid prose is a badly kept secret among those of us who love good writing.

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