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On Being Vulgar Middle Class
Jealousy, poverty and inheritance money
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William Guppy
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On Moving to Spain
A mental breakdown, homesickness, and anglophobia
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William Guppy
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On the Burden of Racism
Peripatetic writing, national conversations, and a walk around the tennis courts
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William Guppy
Against Reading
Notes on the ineffectiveness of books
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In Favour of Indentured Servitude
Utopia, Scepticism, and Camping in Kent
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On the Perversity of the Bodybuilding Movement
"Let the bodybuilders remain in the gymnasium and the academics in the library."
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On Hitting an Old Woman With My Electric Scooter in Highgate Village
Some details of the incident have been changed in order to protect the author’s identity should the matter be brought to court.
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Why I cannot be a Catholic
Embarrassment in Anglicanism, salvation in humility
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On the Sexual Act
Reflections on my experiences and those of others
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On Speaking to The Cleaning Ladies
Noblesse Oblige and Petty Sedition
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A Small Man on His Balcony
Fistfighting men and fat, vomiting women in mini-skirts
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You Have Wasted Your Life
On spending some time in prison for fraud
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