Jack Bettridge's Blog Archives

September 2007

Of Churchill and Strangers on a Train

Posted: 10:58 AM ET, September 20, 2007

Sometimes something good comes from a sour situation.

Have been reading Stephen McGinty’s excellent book Churchill’s Cigar, which as the title suggests is a look at one of the twentieth century’s greatest figures through his life in smoking. Read more

James Bond's Secret Formula Revisted

Posted: 11:39 AM ET, September 13, 2007

Lillet, the Bordeaux-based maker of wine aperitifs, recently introduced a limited-edition bottle that reprises a classic image from its collection of advertising poster art: the 1937 image of a woman reveling in a flowing white dress, bottle of Lillet in one hand, cocktail in the other, with grapes vines in fruition in the foreground. Read more

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