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Article: Pandora
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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Littlejohn misses out on toasting his award
Richard Littlejohn, bile-secreting gallbladder of the Daily Mail,
is used to life as a conspicuous figure. Not usually conspicuous,
however, by his absence.
So when the great and good of the self-styled "commentariat"
gathered yesterday morning for the inaugural Comment Awards, hosted
by super-PR Julia Hobsbawm's Editorial Intelligence agency, one
particular chair was notably empty at the champagne breakfast.
Littlejohn had been nominated for the "Poison Pen" award, which
aims to honour "a commentator whose style of writing is witty but
has the desired effect of ruffling feathers, and who has managed to
deliver an unexpected twist on a regular ...