Feral Beast: Nosh on this: Giles Coren's Deathless Prose

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Nosh on this: Giles Coren's Deathless Prose

It's pistols at dawn for a Sunday Times freelance food critic, Giles Coren, and the hapless desklings who had edited his copy, removing the article "a" and receiving this spew of tirade. The editors then offered this rather pointed response.
Hat tip to McClatchy's Dion Nissenbaum for the heads-up.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: So, the sanctimonious little twat showed definite anger over an indefinite article. Bet he loses the next commission. Sounds like he is losing it. Full stop.; October 11, 2008 at 1:19 PM

Feral Beast? Try Lemming

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