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when cartoonists die,
they don't just stop drawing breath - they
stop drawing anything...
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(17 Syllables)
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Surely 'It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To)' should now be added to
former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson's musical highlights list -
judging by how he views the Labour Party these days (Event magazine)...
(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, September 23)
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'Misogynoir': was there ever a more beautiful word for such a contemptible prejudice?...
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Who doesn't like a 3-liner? (Quite a few of you don't, apparently.) Well, I'll have you know that many a critic has said of my work "at least it's in English" - and as for the great Stephen Fry, he once said of me "Vincent who?" Let's just say I supply the litter to the litterati [sic - but only at times] - ie: I write rubbish. But rubbish mostly inspired by the HAIKU, the 17th Century Japanese verse form consisting of 3 lines and 17 (5-7-5) syllables. (WARNING: flash photography and limericks)
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