Prodicus: And he does it again

14 May 2011

And he does it again

Jeremy Clarke takes this blog's Wordsmith of the Week award with this tiny diamond from his current Spectator column (£) :

It was raining as lightly as it it is possible to rain without not raining.

Clarke's writing makes me glad to be alive. And not to be him, obviously.

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