Old news | Stable door | In fashion | Goal celebrations | Back to school It can be salutary to find old copies of the Guardian (Letters, 13 January). We have one from 2 August 1999 which quotes our current prime minister commenting on his appointment as editor of the Spectator, "Someone said it's like putting a mentally defective monkey in charge of a Ming vase", and "feigning hurt" at this bit of hearsay. Presumably his own verdict on himself, but how prescient.Judith JeschNottingham • I was ...
Old news | Stable door | In fashion | Goal celebrations | Back to school It can be salutary to find old copies of the Guardian (Letters, 13 January). We have one from 2 August 1999 which quotes our current prime minister commenting on his appointment as editor of the Spectator, "Someone said it's like putting a mentally defective monkey in charge of a Ming vase", and "feigning hurt" at this bit of hearsay. Presumably his own verdict on himself, but how prescient.Judith JeschNottingham • I was ...
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