Woody Allen Story ‘ The Whore Of Mensa’ Republished On The New Yorker Website

The New Yorker magazine often highlights classic stories from its archives. Their latest round of treasures includes a classic Woody Allen story. The magazines’ archives are usually behind a paywall, but the story is currently free for everyone. The short story featured is ‘The Whore Of Mensa‘. It’s a lovely parody of hardball detective fiction, […]

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Dec News Bits 1: Birthday Images, Best Lines, The Laughmakers, Meryl Streep, Will Leitch, Saul Steinberg, Edward Burns and more

Woody Allen’s birthday was 1st December. There were plenty of tributes across the blog world. Here’s Art Magenta: Arun Ramkumar: From Twitter user @davidhclowes And Neil Davidson: The Huffington Post has ‘Woody Allen’s 50 Greatest Lines’. Not only from his films but from books like Getting Even and great off-the-cuff comments in interviews, such as […]

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