Peter Jones

Ancient & modern – 28 October 2005

Craig Brown is a modern reminder of Aristophenes

issue 29 October 2005

Craig Brown’s exquisite disembowelling of the ‘publicist’ Max Clifford in the review pages the other week would have reminded the Greek comedian Aristophanes (c. 450–386 bc) of his attacks on a similar pest in the Athenian world — the sukophant

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