As a child I would watch my dad make a fire in the morning, kneeling down in his vest, putting paper from old copies of The Guardian underneath the coal (and then quite likely lighting his first cigarette of the day with the flame—he’s been smokeless now for years). Susurration has stolen a lead all other ‘Blogs by finally identifying a reason why my father was wrong to prefer The Graun over The Mail.
29Dec04 — 2
Happy New Year! in advance. From a train to Lewes a few days ago I noticed a poster for the Daily Mail implying non-inky hands when reading it. Could some flammable chemical ink-dryer or lacquer be the reason?
Happy New Year to you too! I saw that poster. Nick and I agreed that it perfectly met the Advertising Standards Authority requirements of being legal, decent, honest, and truthful by claiming that The Mail‘s finest feature was the ink with which it was printed.