If one were to make a list of Dalrymple’s bugbears and sort it in descending order based on annoyance, sentimentality would surely appear near the very top, perhaps trailing only violence, vulgarity, insincerity and tattoos. Of course, one could well argue that these things are all so interrelated that the sorting would be impossible. In any case, he has a few words on the subject at Standpoint Online.
Read it and weep
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Are the new videos coming any time soon?
Gustav, I’m not sure what you are expecting, but by tomorrow morning we will post the audio of the interview at the Dorset Literary Festival (it is already available on the Speeches & Interviews page about halfway down the page) and also some new video of some speeches that we just found. Thanks!