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Showing posts with label Relinquish Knighthood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Relinquish Knighthood. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Sir Bob Jones: Goodbye to a Rag


When Stuff announced the closure of The Sunday News, I was stunned to learn it was still in existence.

In its heyday decades back, it was famed for its pervading sleaziness, beatups over trivia and fictious sensationalism, for which evidently there was a market. Because he was a boxing enthusiast, I knew one of its top writers, albeit only by his pseudonym as for fear of embarrassment he absolutely refused to reveal his real name to anyone.