27-06 2022 17:45
wrote:
Working alongside Nobby for much of the 1990s was a hugely congenial experience. He wore his knowledge lightly but there were deep wells of it. And whatever happened in the course of the day's news flow, I never had to worry that the page we jointly put together would look at all lacking once it landed in pink and black.
Behind that unflappability resided a gentle soul, for whom the irksome side of technological progress was approached with dry humour. No sooner had he mastered the first clunky iterations of electronic publishing when a fresh intrusion came in the form of the chirruping mobile phones that brash younger colleagues began to acquire.
The handsets of the time being hefty beasts with few actual functions, they were not always carried around the office. Hence one enduring memory: if I'd wandered across the room Nobby would kindly come padding over to announce with an air of bemused disdain: "Your jacket's ringing." I wish him peace.
27-06 2022 17:45
wrote:
Working alongside Nobby for much of the 1990s was a hugely congenial experience. He wore his knowledge lightly but there were deep wells of it. And whatever happened in the course of the day's news flow, I never had to worry that the page we jointly put together would look at all lacking once it landed in pink and black.
Behind that unflappability resided a gentle soul, for whom the irksome side of technological progress was approached with dry humour. No sooner had he mastered the first clunky iterations of electronic publishing when a fresh intrusion came in the form of the chirruping mobile phones that brash younger colleagues began to acquire.
The handsets of the time being hefty beasts with few actual functions, they were not always carried around the office. Hence one enduring memory: if I'd wandered across the room Nobby would kindly come padding over to announce with an air of bemused disdain: "Your jacket's ringing." I wish him peace.
