by Paul Thomas | May 3, 2009 | Essay, Sports
Paul Thomas2009-05-03 Back in the days before all sporting events of any significance and some of no significance at all were accorded live television coverage (or, in my case, before television itself), the young sports fan had to make do with books. This was the...
by Paul Thomas | May 3, 2004 | Americana, Essay
Paul Thomas2004-05-03 Evelyn Waugh described him as ‘the greatest living American novelist.’ T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden were equally big fans. His influence on popular culture was immense. He helped transform Hollywood’s treatment of crime and violence and, according...