It's comfy watching but with spicy clever barbs, nicely held together by Giles Coren who does the intelligent minimum.
The new features have already generated a mix of praise and criticism online and a handful of clever barbs, including some relevant lyrics from the Police, which N'Gai Croal posted on Twitter: "Every single day, every word you say, every game you play, every night you stay, I'll be watching you".
Some clever little barbs make you a person with an opinion that must be respected; others will see you barred from all the best house parties as the kind of creature that just shouldn't be allowed in polite society.
There is always room for improvement––most people are constantly aware of this––but there is no room for berating or criticizing with mean intent; you may feel temporarily clever but barbs leave lasting marks, with no benefit.
Given the sharp tenor of the headlines so far, expect more clever snark, cutting barbs and occasionally ill-conceived Photoshopping efforts, as every paper tries to be the one "wot won it" for their 2015 pick.
Gone are the clever one-liners, cute barbs fired each other for no reason other than to perpetuate a feud.
Food critic Steve Coogan and traveling companion Rob Brydon trade delicious barbs and clever remarks as they tour various eateries in northern England.
Meta to the max, filled with clever jokes and observations that stick like barbs and deflated ones that land with a thud, "Seven Psychopaths" is a leisurely riff about movies, violence, storytelling and the art of the steal.
After the rare distinction of a congratulatory first at Oxford, followed by a prize fellowship at All Souls', Professor Williams was dogged throughout his teaching career at London, Cambridge (where he was provost of King's College), Berkeley and Oxford again by the saying that he had been the cleverest undergraduate at Oxford, and still was.The donnish barb was understandable, but quite wrong.
Political bullies can be clever at implanting a grain of truth in their predatory barbs.
