03-07 2022 10:38
wrote:
I’d like to add to the
lovely tributes. Nobby stood out as a special character, invariably displaying a wry humour, and posing just the right questions to reporters such as me who couldn’t quite find the right way to describe accurately certain situations. He seemed to me to fit in so well to the culture of the foreign desk at the time where people ( in my experience) combined being great at their jobs with staying calm and polite (and also sometimes being very kind ). Nobby you left a wonderful mark on the people who encountered you.
03-07 2022 10:38
wrote:
I’d like to add to the
lovely tributes. Nobby stood out as a special character, invariably displaying a wry humour, and posing just the right questions to reporters such as me who couldn’t quite find the right way to describe accurately certain situations. He seemed to me to fit in so well to the culture of the foreign desk at the time where people ( in my experience) combined being great at their jobs with staying calm and polite (and also sometimes being very kind ). Nobby you left a wonderful mark on the people who encountered you.
