Why Brevity Is Still the Soul of Wit Jim ; Londoner's Diary [Edition 2]
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WHERE'S matrimonial loyalty when you need it, Jim Naughtie? Last night the Radio 4 Today presenter took to a stage at the Orangery in Kensington Gardens in his capacity as chair of the judges for the Man Booker Prize to announce the sixbook shortlist. His speech, which should have been a cursory affair, went on for nearly 20 minutes -- not helped by the fact he couldn't find his reading spectacles for the first five.
For the assembled guests -- Sarah Waters and her fellow shortlist nominees, Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour, script writer Ronald Harwood, Random House CEO Gail Rebuck and several hundred others, it became a little uncomfortable. "Where's a politician to interrupt him when you need one?" harrumphed one guest.See the full content of this document
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Why Brevity Is Still the Soul of Wit Jim ; Londoner's Diary [Edition 2]
Booker organisers fretted that if h...
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