James Butler

London

Contributing Editor at London Review of Books

Everything for everyone・nothing human is alien to me・contributing editor @LRB・co-founded @novaramedia・radical homo

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Articles

A weekend away with a friend in a country cottage was a cure for the rat run

1 week ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | James Butler

For a lot of my twenties, I saw a night in as a personal failure. But as the work/life balance tips ever further out of my favour, the lure of creature comforts over tequila and cheesy chips has proven too much to resist. Which is why now the idea of a weekend away with friends, holed up somewhere cozy with a cocktail (or ten) for a few nights, carries so much appeal. Domestically there is no shortage of nice places to go.
As the Met bruised in

3 weeks ago | lrb.co.uk | James Butler

Last Thursday evening, more than twenty Metropolitan police officers – some armed with tasers – broke down the doors of the Quaker meeting house in Westminster to arrest six young women. The women were attending a welcome meeting of Youth Demand, a small, non-violent activist group currently dedicated to action against climate change and the genocide in Gaza.
I went to the first Good Food Show at Sea on board a cruise ship

Nov 29, 2024 | thenorthernecho.co.uk | James Butler

Poor John Torode. He and his wife Lisa Faulkner were guests of honour on board the Sky Princess recently for the inaugural Good Food Show at Sea. Dressed to the nines in a burgundy velvet smoking jacket, the Masterchef judge and the equally glamorous Lisa poured the first trickle of Champagne over a pyramid of glasses, to the rapturous applause of the crowds gathered in the ship’s cavernous piazza.
I went to the first Good Food Show at Sea on board a cruise ship

Nov 29, 2024 | theargus.co.uk | James Butler

Poor John Torode. He and his wife Lisa Faulkner were guests of honour on board the Sky Princess recently for the inaugural Good Food Show at Sea. Dressed to the nines in a burgundy velvet smoking jacket, the Masterchef judge and the equally glamorous Lisa poured the first trickle of Champagne over a pyramid of glasses, to the rapturous applause of the crowds gathered in the ship’s cavernous piazza.
Why buying a €50 jug in Tunisia made my Fred. Olsen cruise

Oct 28, 2024 | thenorthernecho.co.uk | James Butler

I traced the history of the Carthaginians in Tunisia and Spain during a Fred. Olsen cruise (Image: Newsquest) Bartering is our national sport. The words of our Tunisian tour guide Sami rang in my ears as I clutched the camel-shaped ceramic jug, already trussed up in bubble wrap and a carrier bag before I’d even had a chance to suggest a price.
Why buying a €50 jug in Tunisia made my Fred. Olsen cruise

Oct 28, 2024 | cravenherald.co.uk | James Butler

I traced the history of the Carthaginians in Tunisia and Spain during a Fred. Olsen cruise (Image: Newsquest) Bartering is our national sport. The words of our Tunisian tour guide Sami rang in my ears as I clutched the camel-shaped ceramic jug, already trussed up in bubble wrap and a carrier bag before I’d even had a chance to suggest a price.
Why buying a €50 jug in Tunisia made my Fred. Olsen cruise

Oct 28, 2024 | andoveradvertiser.co.uk | James Butler

I traced the history of the Carthaginians in Tunisia and Spain during a Fred. Olsen cruise (Image: Newsquest) Bartering is our national sport. The words of our Tunisian tour guide Sami rang in my ears as I clutched the camel-shaped ceramic jug, already trussed up in bubble wrap and a carrier bag before I’d even had a chance to suggest a price.
Why buying a €50 jug in Tunisia made my Fred. Olsen cruise

Oct 28, 2024 | thecomet.net | James Butler

I traced the history of the Carthaginians in Tunisia and Spain during a Fred. Olsen cruise (Image: Newsquest) Bartering is our national sport. The words of our Tunisian tour guide Sami rang in my ears as I clutched the camel-shaped ceramic jug, already trussed up in bubble wrap and a carrier bag before I’d even had a chance to suggest a price.
Why buying a €50 jug in Tunisia made my Fred. Olsen cruise

Oct 28, 2024 | nwemail.co.uk | James Butler

I traced the history of the Carthaginians in Tunisia and Spain during a Fred. Olsen cruise (Image: Newsquest) Bartering is our national sport. The words of our Tunisian tour guide Sami rang in my ears as I clutched the camel-shaped ceramic jug, already trussed up in bubble wrap and a carrier bag before I’d even had a chance to suggest a price.
Why buying a €50 jug in Tunisia made my Fred. Olsen cruise

Oct 28, 2024 | wiltshiretimes.co.uk | James Butler

I traced the history of the Carthaginians in Tunisia and Spain during a Fred. Olsen cruise (Image: Newsquest) Bartering is our national sport. The words of our Tunisian tour guide Sami rang in my ears as I clutched the camel-shaped ceramic jug, already trussed up in bubble wrap and a carrier bag before I’d even had a chance to suggest a price.