I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.'
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- Author's profession: Author, Writer
- Nationality: english
- Born: April 28, 1948
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