David Mitchell
I was reading some David Mitchell columns from the Guardian archive at the weekend. These ones I particularly liked:
We’ve always found Hitler hilarious – the alternative is much more odious
The moustache comment really tickled me.
JK Rowling should remember that less means more in the Potterverse
This paragraph struck a chord with me (though not in relation to Potter): ”because I am perverse, I was put off it by its ubiquity and other people’s enthusiasm. Others’ loss of perspective about its merits made me lose my own. Maybe I was trying to lower the average human opinion of the oeuvre closer to what it deserves by artificially forcing mine well below that level. Incidentally, this is where the parallels with my view of football end: even if that were a struggling minority sport only played by a few hundred enthusiastic amateurs, I would still consider it an overrated spectacle that lures vital funding away from snooker.”
Charlie Gilmour: 16 months for swinging from the Cenotaph – who gives a monkey’s?
A good point about perspective, and an even better suggestion for Remembrance Sunday
