helmintholog: Flotsam on the coast of Bohemia

Flotsam on the coast of Bohemia

Tuesday January 10, 2006; part of: Journalism

If I had not drunk with her on occasion I would not have believed this obit of Sandy Fawkes could be truthful, but the Coach and Horses really was like that. Only the Telegraph can do this sort of obituary right. I particularly liked the way that it was thought among the more memorable facts of her life that Sandy Fawkes did go through periods of abstinence, in 1987 doing without drink for more than three months.

Posted by andrewb at January 10, 2006 03:58 PM

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