The green basilisk lizard is also called a plumed or double-crested basilisk; but its amazing ability to run on water gives this species its most recognizable moniker: the Jesus Christ lizard ...

The title and subtitle of Thomas Frank's book give you a pretty good idea of what to expect: a horrific catalogue of the tea party's hijacking of populist outrage at the crash of 2008, when ...

By Nicholas Lezard Brighton and Hove buses are great. While others dream of Machu Picchu or Mandalay, I dream of Hangleton or Worthing. By Nicholas Lezard A little outsourced admin later and I am ...

Nicholas Lezard writes the Down and Out column for the New Statesman. Even an enormous garden and a playful pussycat can’t stop me missing my home by the sea. I’ve been fighting the grind ever since I ...

Lezard would applaud Clinton’s lechery, but not his pep: Lezard’s marriage failed because it interfered with his desire to do nothing. Not just common-or-garden nothing, ...

Nicholas Lezard 27 Feb 2022, 12:00pm. The last smoker in Britain – and the extraordinary lengths he was prepared to go to finally quit. Nicholas Lezard 28 Dec 2019, 6:00am. Advertisement.

This place maintains a rather venerated status among Lausanne’s young people and student population. Both a café-restaurant and a bar-club, there’s a reason to ...

Award winner Jenny Hart presents her debut Edinburgh show Lezard! A chaotic and uplifting show of side splitting observational stand-up, killer songs and a kazoo solo or two. Do you feel like you've ...

Completed in 2014 in La Rochelle, France. Images by Philippe Maillot. At the core of the urban renewal project for the Mireuil district of La Rochelle, “La Queue du Lézard” (“The Lizard’s ...

Nick Lezard was a happily married gourmand, cooking up family banquets with very little sweat. Then his marriage broke down and his culinary talents went the same way as his bank balance ...

Articles by Nicholas Lezard - Nicholas Lezard is a writer and literary critic for a wide range of publications, and writes the ‘Down and Out’ column for the New Statesman. His books include ...

Nicholas Lezard, The New Statesman, 24th January 2013. I gave the show a brief mention a few weeks ago, but now its run has finished, it's time to give Cabin Pressure its due. Its first episode was, I ...