Possible Blackadder episode alert

Not strictly a matter of decency, I know, but I'm sure that Aarowatch readers will be interested to know that that great stylist of the English language, Oliver Kamm, has just announced (in the course of a post where he once again reminds his readers that Anthea Bell is his mother) that Christopher Hitchens will be “in conversation” with Bernard God is dead but my hair is perfect Henri-Lévy:

considered by many to be France’s leading philosopher is a prize-winning writer, novelist, journalist, and filmmaker. In ‘American Vertigo’ BHL combines a novelist’s eye and a philosopher’s depth while travelling for a year in the footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville ….

I think I’ll just leave it at that, since all those who follow, from a distance, the careers of these great men of letters will have no problem imagining the comedic possibilities for themselves.