In the last couple of weeks David Pryce-Jones and Tom Stoppard, born a year apart in 1936 and 1937 in Vienna, have died in Great Britain. One can't help but think, as Jay Nordlinger remarked in the NYTimes obit of Pryce-Jones: "There aren't people like that anymore."
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In the last couple of weeks David Pryce-Jones and Tom Stoppard, born a year apart in 1936 and 1937 in Vienna, have died in Great Britain. One can't help but think, as Jay Nordlinger remarked in the NYTimes obit of Pryce-Jones: "There aren't people like that anymore."
I like this remark by Daniel Johnson on the late David Pryce-Jones, 1936-2025.
“He was a man of the right, but he was quite broad in his social circle, as long as he didn’t feel you were betraying the deep values of Western civilization.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
“He was a man of the right, but he was quite broad in his social circle, as long as he didn’t feel you were betraying the deep values of Western civilization.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
David Pryce-Jones, Conservative Writer With Clout, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I like this remark by Daniel Johnson on the late David Pryce-Jones, 1936-2025.
“He was a man of the right, but he was quite broad in his social circle, as long as he didn’t feel you were betraying the deep values of Western civilization.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
“He was a man of the right, but he was quite broad in his social circle, as long as he didn’t feel you were betraying the deep values of Western civilization.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
one actor- four roles
December 5, 2024 at 3:04 PM
one actor- four roles
"Core tenet" has become a cliché, like "fatal flaw" and "grievous error" (David Pryce-Jones warned me against those). May I suggest to my fellow English-speakers that tenets are, in fact, core, making them tenets?
September 30, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"Core tenet" has become a cliché, like "fatal flaw" and "grievous error" (David Pryce-Jones warned me against those). May I suggest to my fellow English-speakers that tenets are, in fact, core, making them tenets?
Martin Freeman, Toby Jones, Molly Belle Wright y Jonathan Pryce en un encantador "whodunit" que tenéis en Movistar+.
July 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Martin Freeman, Toby Jones, Molly Belle Wright y Jonathan Pryce en un encantador "whodunit" que tenéis en Movistar+.
Impossible hold
Lost in the #liminal space
empty, After You
#vss365
#haiku
#indiemusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
Lost in the #liminal space
empty, After You
#vss365
#haiku
#indiemusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
After You
Matt Guntrip, Tom Hughes, Alan Pryce Jones · After You · Song · 2025
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June 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Impossible hold
Lost in the #liminal space
empty, After You
#vss365
#haiku
#indiemusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
Lost in the #liminal space
empty, After You
#vss365
#haiku
#indiemusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
#OnThisDay 1976 in the Birmingham Post: from a review of David Pryce-Jones' biography of the loathsome Unity Mitford
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#OnThisDay 1976 in the Birmingham Post: from a review of David Pryce-Jones' biography of the loathsome Unity Mitford
Parallel stories
The past an irrelevance
their staves fell silent
#vss365
#haiku
#newmusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
The past an irrelevance
their staves fell silent
#vss365
#haiku
#newmusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
After You
Matt Guntrip, Tom Hughes, Alan Pryce Jones · After You · Song · 2025
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June 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Parallel stories
The past an irrelevance
their staves fell silent
#vss365
#haiku
#newmusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
The past an irrelevance
their staves fell silent
#vss365
#haiku
#newmusic
open.spotify.com/track/1tNPYu...
"The Incomparable David Pryce-Jones: A eulogy." The funeral was held in a small church in the Welsh hills. I tried to do this man a dollop of justice. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/the-incomp...
The Incomparable David Pryce-Jones
A eulogy
www.jaynordlinger.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The Incomparable David Pryce-Jones: A eulogy." The funeral was held in a small church in the Welsh hills. I tried to do this man a dollop of justice. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/the-incomp...
He's not kidding about this having an absurdly good cast: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Brian Blessed, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Pryce. The main character's aunt has her speaking voice played by BILLIE WHITELAW and her singing voice by GRACE JONES.
Just found a cartoon I saw as a little’n and had vaguely fond memories of; a Bond spoof about a frog secret agent. Gave it a go and… blimey, I don’t remember the lengthy, bonkers, backstory. The rest is also total shit, despite an absurdly good cast, so there’s another happy childhood memory dashed.
October 25, 2024 at 10:06 PM
He's not kidding about this having an absurdly good cast: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Brian Blessed, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Pryce. The main character's aunt has her speaking voice played by BILLIE WHITELAW and her singing voice by GRACE JONES.
One thing that I can imagine that Lizard couldn't is the "what comes next," which is, in a way, a return to th eold ways of mail-order. Ellen L Demorest began distributing paper patterns by mail in the 1840s, & in 1850, Pryce Pryce-Jones basically invented the mail-order catalog to sell...fabric.
Ok, so that's my play-by-play. This was amazing. I love the final note about the importance of small, local, accessible craft & fabric & yarn stores. RIP JoAnns. Long live the creative folks who remain.
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
One thing that I can imagine that Lizard couldn't is the "what comes next," which is, in a way, a return to th eold ways of mail-order. Ellen L Demorest began distributing paper patterns by mail in the 1840s, & in 1850, Pryce Pryce-Jones basically invented the mail-order catalog to sell...fabric.
I lost my pinned post today, about my last single, The Line so here it is again. Please enjoy
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#indiemusic
#indiemusician
#newmusic
#poetrycommunity
#indierock
(Next single ‘Searching’ March 2025)
Itunes
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Spotify
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#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#indiemusic
#indiemusician
#newmusic
#poetrycommunity
#indierock
(Next single ‘Searching’ March 2025)
Itunes
apple.co/4hK15qS
Spotify
open.spotify.com/track/18Z7l9...
The Line (feat. Ed iGROOVER, Alan Pryce Jones, Hollie Lawrence & Carmen Mackey) - Single by Matt Guntrip on Apple Music
Album · 2024 · 1 Song
apple.co
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I lost my pinned post today, about my last single, The Line so here it is again. Please enjoy
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#indiemusic
#indiemusician
#newmusic
#poetrycommunity
#indierock
(Next single ‘Searching’ March 2025)
Itunes
apple.co/4hK15qS
Spotify
open.spotify.com/track/18Z7l9...
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#indiemusic
#indiemusician
#newmusic
#poetrycommunity
#indierock
(Next single ‘Searching’ March 2025)
Itunes
apple.co/4hK15qS
Spotify
open.spotify.com/track/18Z7l9...
A professor of mine once said about a professor of his own, “He gave me what I can only call a cast of mind.” David Pryce-Jones has done something similar for me. I have written about P-J and a novel of his, just republished by Tivoli Books. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/master-wri...
Master Writer, Masterly Novel
A few words on David Pryce-Jones and ‘The Afternoon Sun,’ newly republished
www.jaynordlinger.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A professor of mine once said about a professor of his own, “He gave me what I can only call a cast of mind.” David Pryce-Jones has done something similar for me. I have written about P-J and a novel of his, just republished by Tivoli Books. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/master-wri...
Yesterday's visit to Newtown with @janettem34.bsky.social for my 200th ParkRun and Pryce Jones exhibitions (our main motivations, respectively) produced an unexpected patch of what I take to be Artemisia verlotiorum, Chinese Mugwort, by the R Severn above a shingle bar. #wildflowerhour #ParkRun
June 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday's visit to Newtown with @janettem34.bsky.social for my 200th ParkRun and Pryce Jones exhibitions (our main motivations, respectively) produced an unexpected patch of what I take to be Artemisia verlotiorum, Chinese Mugwort, by the R Severn above a shingle bar. #wildflowerhour #ParkRun
David Pryce-Jones has written a great range of books: histories, biographies, memoirs, etc. His outstanding novel "The Afternoon Sun" has now been republished. Deft, haunting, powerful book. From me, a personal appreciation of the author. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/master-wri...
Master Writer, Masterly Novel
A few words on David Pryce-Jones and ‘The Afternoon Sun,’ newly republished
www.jaynordlinger.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
David Pryce-Jones has written a great range of books: histories, biographies, memoirs, etc. His outstanding novel "The Afternoon Sun" has now been republished. Deft, haunting, powerful book. From me, a personal appreciation of the author. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/master-wri...
Alan Pryce-Jones, best known for editing the Time Literary Supplement from 1948 to 1959, was a precocious 28 when he published what he called a commonplace book but what today would more likely be labelled a biblio-memoir: Private Opinion (1936)
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Alan Pryce-Jones, best known for editing the Time Literary Supplement from 1948 to 1959, was a precocious 28 when he published what he called a commonplace book but what today would more likely be labelled a biblio-memoir: Private Opinion (1936)
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A magazine article by Kevin D. Williamson that, as my friend David Pryce-Jones would say, rises to literature. thedispatch.com/article/john...
Abraham and Isaac
John Brown and the question of righteous violence.
thedispatch.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A magazine article by Kevin D. Williamson that, as my friend David Pryce-Jones would say, rises to literature. thedispatch.com/article/john...
Why didn't you go to Hereford or, even better, Pryce Jones in Newtown?
December 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Why didn't you go to Hereford or, even better, Pryce Jones in Newtown?
A big thank you to all of our parents and carers who came along to our Baby Strings concerts, amazing progress being made by all of our young musicians. Well done Ms Pryce Jones for making it happen. @glasgowcreate.online
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A big thank you to all of our parents and carers who came along to our Baby Strings concerts, amazing progress being made by all of our young musicians. Well done Ms Pryce Jones for making it happen. @glasgowcreate.online
Fault Lines by David Pryce-Jones is getting me through
February 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Fault Lines by David Pryce-Jones is getting me through
Not unexpected
final flourish of contempt
privately despatched..
#vss365
#haiku
#writingcommunity
#writercommunity
#poetrycommunity
final flourish of contempt
privately despatched..
#vss365
#haiku
#writingcommunity
#writercommunity
#poetrycommunity
May 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Not unexpected
final flourish of contempt
privately despatched..
#vss365
#haiku
#writingcommunity
#writercommunity
#poetrycommunity
final flourish of contempt
privately despatched..
#vss365
#haiku
#writingcommunity
#writercommunity
#poetrycommunity
I once dedicated a book as follows: "To David Pryce-Jones, an exemplary thinker, writer, and friend." He was born in Vienna in 1936 -- two years before the Anschluss. He survived and led the richest of lives. He passed away yesterday. I, along with many others, am ever grateful.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I once dedicated a book as follows: "To David Pryce-Jones, an exemplary thinker, writer, and friend." He was born in Vienna in 1936 -- two years before the Anschluss. He survived and led the richest of lives. He passed away yesterday. I, along with many others, am ever grateful.
And fight we will.
What is evil’s primary noun? Hannah Arendt tells us it’s banality. David Pryce-Jones says frivolity. I saw an abundance of both—with good lashings of idiocy and dead-eyed antipathy—everywhere I turned.
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
What is evil’s primary noun? Hannah Arendt tells us it’s banality. David Pryce-Jones says frivolity. I saw an abundance of both—with good lashings of idiocy and dead-eyed antipathy—everywhere I turned.
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
First-hand account from one of the activists who was on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla with Greta Thunberg. "I was abducted by the IDF and held in Ketziot prison. There, I saw firsthand that Israel’s “strength” is more fragile than it seems." 3/3
My Time as a Prisoner of Israel
Like hundreds of other activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, I was abducted by the IDF and held in Ketziot prison. There, I saw firsthand that Israel’s “strength” is more fragile than it seems.
www.currentaffairs.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And fight we will.
What is evil’s primary noun? Hannah Arendt tells us it’s banality. David Pryce-Jones says frivolity. I saw an abundance of both—with good lashings of idiocy and dead-eyed antipathy—everywhere I turned.
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
What is evil’s primary noun? Hannah Arendt tells us it’s banality. David Pryce-Jones says frivolity. I saw an abundance of both—with good lashings of idiocy and dead-eyed antipathy—everywhere I turned.
#Genocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
The Formula One paddock arrived in mourning, following the deaths of Tom Pryce at the South African Grand Prix and Carlos Pace in a light aircraft crash near Sao Paulo. The Shadow team signed Alan Jones as Pryce’s replacement, while Hans-Joachim Stuck took Pace’s place at Brabham.
April 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The Formula One paddock arrived in mourning, following the deaths of Tom Pryce at the South African Grand Prix and Carlos Pace in a light aircraft crash near Sao Paulo. The Shadow team signed Alan Jones as Pryce’s replacement, while Hans-Joachim Stuck took Pace’s place at Brabham.