Nicholas Lezard
Nicholas Lezard is a literary critic for the Guardian and also writes for the Independent. He writes the Down and Out in London column for the New Statesman.
Articles by Nicholas Lezard
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Life & Society
Down and out in London
- 27 August 2009
I used to pity those separated fathers with their children, eating their joyless, anxious meals at Pizza Express
Down and out in London
- 20 August 2009
I resembled nothing so much as a Victorian poster-boy advertising the perils of fornication
Life & Society
Down and out in London
- 13 August 2009
After a series of grill-related catastrophes, I go to buy a toaster in John Lewis. It is a strangely moving experience
Down and out in London
- 06 August 2009
The real point of my local pub quiz is not to win, but for everyone to shout at each other
Society
Down and out in London
- 30 July 2009
The children have come to love the Hovel. They look on it as a combination of pirate’s lair and funhouse
Life & Society
Down and out in London
- 16 July 2009
I am depressed that there has been a brothel operating right under my nose, and I knew nothing about it
Lifestyle
Down and out in London
- 09 July 2009
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At this party no one is even smoking. I feel like the Ancient Mariner, only not so garrulous
Lifestyle
Wanted: one cat
- 11 June 2009
My usual squalor has been limited by having a cleaning lady, and Razors. But the mice still prance about as if they own the place
Society
In the relegation zone
- 04 June 2009
When you don’t have enough money to buy the cheapest bottle of wine, it’s hard to feel for the financial plight of Premiership footballers
