Friday, September 04, 2009

So farewell then, Keith Waterhouse. While I find his later novels near-unreadable, I've always had a soft spot for his earlier work, and he was one of the few good things in the Daily Mail. Apart from which, how could one not love a human being who so clearly set out to resemble a spaniel?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I first saw his name as a child on the titles of "Worzel Gummidge". His scripts for the programme, and the amount they still make my own children laugh, is how I'll remember him.

Sky Clearbrook said...

And now Mr Charles Endell Esq, Iain Cuthbertson, too.