RIP: Alastair Forbes
May. 22nd, 2005 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
favorov[His reviews in Spectator] often provoked a barrage of angry complaints from the magazine's more
strait-laced readers. If such complaints were published in the correspondence
columns, Forbes would invariably demand, and win, a right of reply; he would
frequently threaten to take legal action. This obituary will be one of the few
published pieces about him which will not be followed by one of his instant
ripostes.
...
He was frequently dismissed from lunch tables, and viewed the early train home on a Sunday morning after upsetting his hostess as an occupational hazard.
strait-laced readers. If such complaints were published in the correspondence
columns, Forbes would invariably demand, and win, a right of reply; he would
frequently threaten to take legal action. This obituary will be one of the few
published pieces about him which will not be followed by one of his instant
ripostes.
...
He was frequently dismissed from lunch tables, and viewed the early train home on a Sunday morning after upsetting his hostess as an occupational hazard.
