Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Last Post

Neville Cardus – later Sir – was the greatest of cricket commentators and writers, and equally famous as a music critic. He worked in these two fields for most of his 87 years. In his soft west-country burr, Cardus would often correlate these two interests in his commentaries. (Of W. G. Grace: “He orchestrated the folk music of cricket”.) On retirement, he closed his final cricket commentary without a dramatic farewell. He said, as he always did, “I’m now handing over the commentary to…”

A fellow-writer with Cardus at the Manchester Guardian was a young Lancastrian named Alistair Cooke – later Honorary Sir - whose goodbye to broadcasting was equally unpretentious. In his 95th year, he closed the longest-running series in broadcasting history as he had done for the previous 58 years: he said, in his gentle mid-Atlantic voice, “Goodnight”. His 3,000 scripts, totalling some seven million words, will soon be available on-line.

As an admirer of both journalists, but with a mere three years of bloggery and only 117,717 words (including these) on the clock, you will appreciate that I would have to emulate their lack of sentimentality.

Last post by Riviera writer on Tuesday, January 06, 2009.

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

What do you mean ... LAST Post ???!!!

Tuscan Traveller said...

Well spotted Gillie. Thought I'd better mention it: with Cardus and Cooke, millions knew in advance, so they could afford to bow out discreetly.

Anonymous said...

Oh, no. You'll be missed, Ted.

Anonymous said...

Not as much as I'm missing the blog Ed - but needed to get on with some serious stuff. When - or if - that's done, I'll be back - but don't hold breath.

Anonymous said...

Beats not being a friend by a long shot, Ted;)

Anonymous said...

Funny - now I don't blog I get lots of blog ideas!

Anonymous said...

That's the way it works, Ted;)

justin said...

I hope you have a good break, and that you return to blogging one day, Ted.

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