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A smoker’s tale

Will Self’s The Butt
Somehow one is surprised — if one is a semi-conscious literary journalist like me — by the discovery that Will Self has continued to produce books.
By JAMES PARKER | November 26, 2008

The T and the Tube

London’s Underground is seething with danger. Boston’s T has cuckoo juice
From time to time, upon discovering that I moved here from my native London, a well-meaning Bostonian will make the conciliatory observation that our two cities are not, after all, so very different.
By JAMES PARKER | April 30, 2008

Chris Bull

Almost famous
A bike is the most appropriate technology for moving around the city — it’s easy to park, and it’s powered by burritos and beer.
By FRANK MULLIN | March 05, 2008

Read all about it

Some of Boston’s best bars have a literary history
Riding there red line from Central Square to Park Street recently, a friend of mine from Philadelphia surveyed the length of the train and said, “You don’t see this in Philly.”
By NINA MACLAUGHLIN | September 01, 2006

Anheuser-Busch Demon’s Hop Yard IPA

Big brewer, big flavor
When A-B, the world’s third-largest brewery, announced their “You Choose It, We’ll Brew It” campaign, in which New England beer drinkers were afforded the opportunity to vote on a craft beer that would reflect the region’s tastes, I was wary.
By MIKE MILIARD | August 30, 2006

Moz-a-mania

The singular brilliance of Morrissey
The disappointing thing about Henry Rollins — otherwise a paragon of American manhood — has always been the fact that he is, in public at least, a Moz basher.
By JAMES PARKER | March 27, 2006