Low Life: The Spectator columns of Jeremy Clarke
To mark the second anniversary of the death of Jeremy Clarke – one of the Spectator's most loved writers – we've compiled some of his Low Life columns, as read by Jeremy in 2016, for this special episode of Spectator Out Loud.
Included in this compilation are: New Man (00:42); Virgin (5:16); Debauchery Competition (9:32); Buddhism (14:12); The Beach (18:58); and, Memory (23:40).
Read by Jeremy Clarke, with an introduction from William Moore.
Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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