We’ve been convinced for several years that the Daily Telegraph has been diluting its serious content with more and more frivolous content to boost sales. (One of the signs of this happening was that Private Eye stopped calling it the “Torygraph” and – reflecting the frequency with which photographs of a certain British actress in varying states of undress seemed to appear in prominent positions – started calling it the “Hurleygraph” instead.)
The tactic may have worked. But it’s led to
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Arise, Sir Pterry!
We were delighted to hear that Terry Pratchett was given a knighthood in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to literature – a great way to celebrate 25 years of his wonderful Discworld series of novels.
Sir Terry (affectionately nicknamed Pterry by his fans in tribute to the characters in his seventh Discworld novel, Pyramids) was appointed OBE in 1998, also for services to literature. In typically down-to-earth fashion – while having a poke at some of the more pretentious literary
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