RIP Jeffrey Archer

[BikeBikeBIke]

Not very a very popular guy back in the day but I enjoyed his books as a kid and more recently his Prison Diaries were quite good.

I also feel he was from the days when Politicians were more competent (or perhaps the media gave them a fairer crack of the whip.)

He'd repaid his debt to society, IMHO.

So RIP Jeffrey Archer.

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Tuesday 6th October 20:19

[Peterpetrole]

Jeffrey

Very good books indeed

[DeejRC]

A good author indeed.
An absolute bounder of a bloke.

[Eric Mc]

A great story teller.

The problem was sorting out what were stories and what was truth.

An inveterate and extremely competent liar.

[Peterpetrole]

Always been amusing to me over the years how more high brow authors were so snippy about him, because they weren't getting 1% of his sales.

Dom Joly was a recent example.

I reckon must have been similar to how PG Wodehouse was regarded back in the day, too popular and successful therefore bitterness.

[Randy Winkman]

Might have ended up as London Mayor in 2000. I was one of those that heard him do an after dinner speech at a waste industry event the day before he got accused of perjury. That put a stop to all that.

[irc]

Lifelong liar and fantasist This article is what couldcstvthe time be published bearing in mind English libel laws.

Should never have been anywhere near govt.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/20/conserv...

[Peterpetrole]

irc said:

Lifelong liar and fantasist This article is what couldcstvthe time be published bearing in mind English libel laws.

Should never have been anywhere near govt.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/20/conserv...

Yes we know

I recommend his books

[Collectingbrass]

This is worth reading alongside the hagiographies. He really was a proto-Trump.


https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12169899.misog...

[Eric Mc]

In Times Radio this morning, Adam Boulton states about Jeffrey Archer's life - "You just couldn't make it up".

In fact, that's eactly what Archer did.

[Hereward]

In the mid eighties I raced his son in athletics. I remember an 800m or 1500m race at Oundle school, Jeffrey was absolutely screaming at his son mid-race, his face was red and his eyes were on stalks. Still vivid 40 years later. Totally OTT.

CSB.

[Eric Mc]

"Mad I tell ye" - said in the voice of Private Frazer.

[S600BSB]

Hereward said:

In the mid eighties I raced his son in athletics. I remember an 800m or 1500m race at Oundle school, Jeffrey was absolutely screaming at his son mid-race, his face was red and his eyes were on stalks. Still vivid 40 years later. Totally OTT.

CSB.

Did you win?

[kestral]

A horrible man. Jimmy Savile had better morals.

[catso]

kestral said:

A horrible man. Jimmy Savile had better morals.

Really?

[bergclimber34]

My mum worked in the probation service when he was in clink. He was a complete and utter weasel, but I do know for a fact two things, he was not that great at writing himself, so clearly had help, and he also spent some time going to the toilet in not much more than a bucket when he was punished for being a smarmy idiot!,

[croyde]

I much enjoyed his train journey programmes, both in the UK and abroad.

Although I never seem to get an empty carriage to myself and quite often have to stand by the bogs.

[Lotobear]

..a man for whom the word 'oleaginous' was created

[JuanCarlosFandango]

The fact he got caught out lying so much suggests to me thst he was one of the more honest ones. Certainly a good writer.

[Eric Mc]

JuanCarlosFandango said:

The fact he got caught out lying so much suggests to me thst he was one of the more honest ones. Certainly a good writer.

Or sloppy

Or didn't care

(I suspect the latter).