Lol! No, but Harold and I were both pupils of Joe Brearley, who is widely credited with having encouraged and inspired the young scribe. Joe had rather less success with me. (View Post)

I have my reports to, JJ, and they too are cringeworthy. More curiously, I also have Harold Pinter's secondary school report. It's a long story, but I will recount it if here if there is a … (View Post)

Am intriguedd as to how it may have been possible to damage his reputation. (View Post)

Quite so, Foxy. And PB kind of comes into its own too, because we tend to know each other, give trolls short shrift, and the standard of commentary is generally high. My own comments are particularly… (View Post)

Apologies, John, you got there before me. Oddly, incompetent has been spelt correctly. (View Post)