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A. A. Gill

AA Gill was a journalist and author. He wrote for Vanity Fair, the Sunday Times, GQ and Esquire, as well as writing several books including AA Gill is Away (2003) and The Golden Door: Letters to America (2012).

In twenty years, our fear of Middle Eastern immigration will look absurd

We may fear refugees, but it doesn't take long for them to become "us". After all, how many Huguenots do you know?

By A. A. Gill

In twenty years, our fear of Middle Eastern immigration will look absurd

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A A Gill: Why the suit is the greatest British invention ever

Nothing else that comes from this pathetically stunted island has had anything like the universal acceptance, reach or influence…

By A. A. Gill

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