Coffee swigging, comedy loving, PR spouting Londoner. Now older than Bill Hicks was when he died. All comments my own unless threatened by legal types.
When Tony Slattery passed away in January, obituaries in The Telegraph and The Times recalled a cartoon that hung in the bathroom of his London home... one that wryly captured his omnipresence on British television in the early '90s.
We've rummaged through the Eye archives and found it. From issue 838, January 1994.
RIP Tony Slattery.
See an Aston Martin Formula 1 racing car at North Greenwich tube station
https://t.co/xPrdsSnsmj
If you head to North Greenwich tube station today, you can see a very smart-looking rail replacement bus service—in the shape of an Aston Martin racing car.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our beloved referee, John Anderson, at the age of 92. Our hearts go out to his friends and family. John will forever be remembered as the iconic voice that brought "Gladiators Ready! Contenders Ready!"
Have just learned from colleagues that yesterday’s paper was the last Friday edition @EveningStandard. At least we bowed out with a clever/ironic headline. Let’s go, indeed… 👋
The definitive public transport anthem 'We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)' by @vengaboys@KimSasabone@Robinpors turns 25 years old in the UK today
https://t.co/zb5zXM9wBz
It's Pancake Day
Yes it's Pancake Day
Yes it's P-P-P-P P-P-P-P Pancake Day!
(It is now *35 years* since Danny John-Jules’s song on Maid Marian and Her Merry Men was first aired on BBC One in 1989)