I last wrote about The Compleat Imbiber on 15th April 2016. It’s time to turn to it again.
Gimcrack
Who Won the War?
Bertie Goes to Bungay
This Is No Ordinary Time
Any Other Business
Franklin and Winston
Georgia On My Mind
Cork and Orrery
In September 1941 after supper at the White House, “a jolly party”, Franklin Roosevelt asked his guests to name four outstanding leaders. Eleanor chose: Anne Hutchinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson and Carrie Chapman Catt. Franklin nominated: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and the Earl of Orrery.