This column was accidentally dragged into the transatlantic debate on whether UFOs exist
On closer inspection, the wrapping proved to be an old copy of The Irish Times rather than a Pentagon report. Photograph: Oliver Strewe/Getty Images
Disputing this, a British writer of serial books about UFOs tweeted: “There’s going to come a point where the #AARO report is good for nothing more than fish & chip wrapping paper. Oh wait, that point’s already arrived.” But back in the days when chippers did still use the previous day’s newspapers for wrapping, it helped keep journalists humble. Now that they don’t do that anymore, perhaps I should order a copy of the image and frame it for my desk.Introducing her Diaries of Ireland: an anthology 1590-1987, which we mentioned yesterday, Melosina Lenox-Conyngham makes a telling point about food.
To illustrate, she cites the functional but gluttonously impressive summary of one 18th century dinner by its diary-writing host: But before getting into that, for the benefit of future Diary readers, I should perhaps also mention that a friend and I stopped off beforehand in a charming Greek restaurant on Parliament Street. There we had charcoal-grilled halloumi, spanakopita and bifteki, accompanied by ouzo .
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