Tea for two
Gosh. Years ago I did some subbing on The Lawyer. They ran an interview with Jack Straw, where da man was very grumpy: when he ordered a lackey to bring tea, he only ordered one cup. My headline was 'One tea, no sugar'. (I think the pic of him might even have shown the tea - I have a copy somewhere.) Cos he was 'no sugar', right? I had to argue for ages to get them to keep it, 'cos they didn't get it. Eventually it stayed.
OK, so nothing very amazing, but I was Satisfied at the time. Today, I've just heard from a dear friend with an absurdly good memory that he met Straw today and they were discussing headlines. He told him mine - and Straw loved it, and then told it to the editor of The Guardian.
This is probably as famous as I'll ever be.
OK, so nothing very amazing, but I was Satisfied at the time. Today, I've just heard from a dear friend with an absurdly good memory that he met Straw today and they were discussing headlines. He told him mine - and Straw loved it, and then told it to the editor of The Guardian.
This is probably as famous as I'll ever be.