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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.

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Lifestyle
11 June 2009

My usual squalor has been limited by having a cleaning lady, and Razors. But the mice still prance a

Society
04 June 2009

When you don’t have enough money to buy the cheapest bottle of wine, it’s hard to feel for the finan

Lifestyle
28 May 2009

If you won’t give to beggars, you’re going to have to work hard at becoming a friend of mine

Society
21 May 2009

I may be surviving on carpet lint and the charity of friends, but at least I don’t have to get up in

Health
14 May 2009

At my local pub, I am reminded that Britain is becoming
a vast public urinal monitored by cameras

Sport
07 May 2009

In Acton, my son’s cricket team thrash the opposition mercilessly. This is riches undreamt of: I kno

TV and Radio
30 April 2009

My advice for people in new relationships: you might be all smoochy now, but in 20 years you’ll be f

Books
23 April 2009

Our boulevardier columnist takes a rare trip to the countryside, which he finds – surprisingly – muc

Lifestyle
16 April 2009

I have no money, and no company apart from a plague of insubordinate mice. I would take a bath – onl

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