Matthew Racked Up a [Pounds Sterling]1,000 Overdraft on Wine in His First Year at Cambridge. (Drink)

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Fortunately, Matthew gave us very little warning of his brief visit from Japan. This meant I was unable to attend the supper cooked by Robbie in his Kilburn flat. Robbie specialises in teasing his guests. He once said he was going to ask everyone as they arrived their gross income in the past tax year and seat them in descending (or possibly ascending) order, and was only dissuaded at the last moment. This time Robbie had given notice he would serve goat.

Instead, I promised to meet Matthew at his hotel the night he arrived, after a dinner elsewhere. A devotee of high living, Matthew has even more grandiose ideas than he did in his first year at Cambridge, when he became the …