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Tatler’s List of Snobs

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Tatler magazine has published a list of the great snobs of history. This is written by Sophia Money-Coutts and author-critic D J Taylor.  Taylor has recently written a book on this subject (The New Book of Snobs) and the … Continue reading →

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Colossus of Snobbery

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Critic and novelist D J Taylor has written a book inspired by William Thackeray entitled The New Book of Snobs, to be published later this month. An excerpt appears in the Daily Mail. This deals mostly with Taylor’s account of his own … Continue reading →

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