Hadley Freeman — Piper Haywood

Published Tuesday, 30 June 2020 by Piper Haywood

“But really, Reiner thinks the secret to a long life is ‘having something to do in the morning’, and these two men are proof of this maxim.”

But really, Reiner thinks the secret to a long life is “having something to do in the morning”, and these two men are proof of this maxim.

I just saw the news that Carl Reiner passed away, and someone linked to Hadley Freeman’s interview with him and lifelong friend Mel Brooks in the Guardian earlier this year. What a portrait of friendship.

Published Thursday, 24 March 2016 by Piper Haywood

Phrase of the week: “the ecstasy of sanctimony”

the ecstasy of sanctimony.

From the first chapter of The Human Stain by Philip Roth.

Such a great and concise phrase. Hadley Freeman referred to it recently in her Guardian column when describing the court of Twitter’s harsh and questionable justice.