A couple of weeks ago Barry Cryer rang me up and, as he often did, signed off by sharing a joke.
A man and his wife are out walking one day when they spot a lone fellow on the other side of the road. "That looks like the Archbishop of Canterbury over there" says the woman. "
"He told me to fuck off," says the husand.
"Oh no," replies the wife, "Now we'll never know".
And then Barry cackled with delight because he’d told the gag to a real Bishop - who’d roared with laughter. And nothing made Barry happier than that.
#ripbarrycryer
" Go and see if it is,” she adds.
The husband crosses the road and asks the man if he is indeed the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"Fuck off," says the man.
The husband crosses back to his wife who asks "What did he say? Is he the Archbishop of Canterbury?"
Facebook has admitted its content moderators are not allowed immediately to remove some popular and commercially lucrative pages — even if they breach the social network’s rules
A piece that should make senior executives at the BBC, Guardian and Independent question what cheerleaders masquerading as reporters are doing for their reputation
#fakenews
A date to celebrate and remember Peter Preston - everyone that knew, worked with, read or admired my dad is welcome to St Bride’s, off Fleet Street on Thursday
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Peter Preston - a very old follower of very new things. And he’d smile at trending on twitter ahead of national bikini day.
Huge thanks to everyone for making this a very special day
Peter Preston. Here’s the old school invite to celebrate Dad at St Bride’s on July 5 at 11.30. It’s for everyone who knew, admired, loved and worked with him.
My friend & former teacher Peter Farquhar was horrifically murdered by his student Ben Field for will fraud. It's the subject of a troubling but excellent BBC drama with superb Timothy Spall, starting tomorrow night. My article on Peter for Sunday Times:
A new chapter begins: I’m thrilled to say that from January 2023, I will be the new literary editor of The Sunday Times. It is, in my opinion, the best job in books journalism and it's a real honour to be following in the footsteps of so many fine editors 1/3
Am in awe of
@TomJHarper
for this investigation - I’d argue it alone would be worth the cover price of
@thesundaytimes
: Gangsters have stolen taxpayer’s billions and used tens of millions to fund terrorism