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April 23, 2004

A WOMAN WITH HER IRISH UP

I wish I'd known this woman. Have a look at some of her columns and memorable words. Robin Toner's touching obituary quotes her as saying: "I should confess that I always felt a little sorry for people who didn't work for newspapers." She said it before "the recent troubles," to use an Irish phrase for the Blairs and Kelleys and their ilk. But I can't imagine even their malfeasance changing her feeling.

Postscript: Kevin Spacey also has < FONT color=#003399>a thing for newspapers. In London, where he "just unveiled plans for his first season as artistic director at the Old Vic," he went so far as to join the fold of ink-stained wretches by editing today's Kevin Spacey issue in The Guardian's continuing series of special reports on the arts.

Posted by at April 23, 2004 10:20 AM

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