Well, I met him 4 times, the last time being in my role as a vice-president of @OfficialZSL at the opening of the new Whipsnade elephant barn. He looked at me and mny fellow trustees and said "You lot look bloody freezing!" and moved on. The best occasion, though, was in his...
...role at patron of the The Cartoon Arts Trust, which runs @Cartoonmuseumuk. Before we found a permanent home I went to a fundraising dinner in St James Palace. There were only 3 living cartoonists there, me, Peter Brookes & Nick Garland. Garland's a bit too grand to meet...
...Royalty, so me & Brookes were summoned into the ducal presence. I said hello & he asked me if any of my work was syndicated, and I said I had no idea. He then turned to Brookes, who bowed low and said "Peter Brookes, sir, The Times", as which point Phil the Greek exploded...
..."The Times? Bloody Murdoch rag! Wouldn't have it in the house! Dreadful self righteous rubbish!" At which point I interjected to say that The Guardian was the self righteous one, to which he replied "Not as bad as the bloody Times!" and stalked off. Needless to say, he went...
...up considerably in my estimation at this point, and his comments are worth bearing in mind as all those News International (as was) papers drool over his memory. He clearly hated them. Weirdly, a wekk later I met & shook hands with Gerry Adams at the Tribune Rally at the...
...Labour Party Conference, before the Good Friday Agreement. Not sure I'd had cause to shake anyone else's hand in the intervening days, which results in a pretty rare degree of separation. I also reckon he'd have found my cartoon for tomorrow's paper funny, despite what the...
...heelclicking fascisti will doubtless say in reaction.
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