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Jeffrey Joseph Bernard (/ b ər ˈ n ɑːr d /; 27 May 1932 – 4 September 1997) was an English journalist, best known for his weekly column "Low Life" in The Spectator magazine, and also notorious for a feckless and chaotic career and life of alcohol abuse.
Jeffrey Bernard, immortalised in Keith Waterhouse’s Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, was the embodiment of the dying smoke tinged, louche, eccentric days of the old Soho that has now, for...
Sep 5, 1997 · A tribute to the late journalist and raconteur Jeffrey Bernard, who wrote humorous and self-deprecating columns about Soho and the racecourse. He was a friend of Dylan Thomas, Ian Fleming and Anne Fleming, and a regular at the Coach and Horses pub.
Jeffrey Bernard documentary. Filmed towards the end of his life. Says that he's 65 at the start which was his age at his death. Very sad as he's clearly a sh...
Sep 18, 2018 · 524. 42K views 5 years ago. BBC2, 23-01-1987: Originally a part of Night & Day, this extract was repeated after Bernard's death in 1997 as "A Day in the Life of Jeffrey Bernard": "Another...
Feb 9, 2023 · Jeffrey Bernard was a notorious London columnist who wrote about his debauched life, gambling, and women in the Spectator. He became famous for his weekly column "Low Life" and the play based on it, starring Peter O'Toole.
Christopher Howse remembers the comic, self-destructive spirit of Jeffrey Bernard, the pub regular and Spectator columnist, who inspired a play. He shares his stories of drinking, writing and Soho bohemia in the 1980s.
