A A Gill, Columnist

Every Man a King? U.K.’s Better Off With Its Queens: A.A. Gill

November 14, 2011 at 12:09 AM UTC

A.A. Gill is the television and restaurant critic for the Sunday Times of London and a contributing editor with Vanity Fair. Gill is the author of 10 books and collections, most recently "A.A. Gill is Further Away" and "Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There." Born in Scotland, he lives in London.

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U.S. President Barack Obama said at the Group of 20 meeting in Cannes, France, earlier this month that he was told that he had just been given a “crash course” on the complexities of European politics. Well, that’s us, the folk who brought you Byzantine.

We do have the habit of talking about one thing while doing another, like your mother peeling potatoes at the sink while telling you to hurry up and provide her with some grandchildren. And, often, the thing we’re doing is not what it appears, and the thing we’re talking about is not what we’re thinking. But it’s OK -- we’ve been at this a long time.