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Sam Leith

Freelance

Sam Leith is a writer and journalist. His latest book is Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama (2012). He lives in London.

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A man’s hands covered in flour kneading dough on a floured surface, focusing on the texture and movement.

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Food and drink

The manly loaf

There’s nothing so atavistic and satisfying in the morning as sinking your hands into a sticky, bubbling live sourdough

Sam Leith