LJK's gone

Only just heard (from the obituaries in today's Independent) that dear old
L.J.K. Setright, motorcycle and car journo extraordinaire, died on 7th
September. I used to enjoy his articles; they were almost precision
engineering in themselves even though he sounded a bit pompous sometimes.

 

Yup
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/17/db1702.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/09/18/ixportal.html
he had a very interesting life, lived to a good age and left behind
considerable goodwill. Excellent innings.

'Hog

 

Thus spake 'Hog unto the assembled multitudes:

Agreed.

Independent version at
<http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article313520.ece>

 

Also in today's Guardian, and noted in uk.people.dead. I never
realised that he was Australian. Nor Jewish. That was a rare combination
where I grew up -- I thought Jews were characters in Shakespeare's plays
until I was about 17, when I knowingly met one for the first time[1].

[1] And, naturally, insulted him in my ignorance...

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oh bugger.
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For those not yet overdosed on LJK Setright obituaries, here's another
slightly more personal tribute from today's Independent's Motoring section:

<http://motoring.independent.co.uk/features/article313713.ece>

 

I liked his "handlebars" column in Car magazine that even though I
consider four wheels rather excessive I bought the mag just for
that. When he wrote about cars I'd read that too. He was good enough to
make even cars interesting

 

Thus spake Chris Malcolm unto the assembled multitudes:

I reckon he could write about any old subject and make it interesting.