Alex Bilmes

AA Gill was born in Edinburgh. He was the TV and restaurant critic for the Sunday Times, a columnist for Esquire, Vanity Fair, and other publications, and wrote numerous books. He died in 2016.

Alex Bilmes is editor-in-chief of Esquire.



Trying to learn to be a good man is like learning to play tennis against a wall. You are only a good man – a competent, capable, interesting and lovable man – when you're doing it for, or with, other people

Uncle Dysfunctional

AA Gill