Once
upon a time my Big Pal Jaggy entertained the idea of becoming a serious,
successful and highly paid travel writer, as opposed to a poor and impoverished
motor sports scribbler. Prior to his first visit to Monaco (for the launch of
the Renault Espace) a good few years back he sold the idea of an article to a
Scottish magazine. On his return home he delivered the article to said publication
with a smug and triumphant flourish.
The article never saw the light
of day. It was never printed. And worse, no further travel articles were
commissioned.
What went wrong? That original
article has now been published for the very first time in the on-line mag to
allow all you nice folks out there to make up your mind with regard to the quality
of the content, the historical insight and the journalistic integrity of the author.
To all those of you who are locked up, I mean, locked down and getting more and
more fidgety with each passing day, here's a chance to make up your own mind
and pass judgement.
Whatever, I personally thought
Jaggy showed great promise and his additional ideas on travel articles for
Athens, Amsterdam and Paris were sadly not taken up either. I wonder why. Did
he have a future or was he denied a change of career before it got off the ground?
I agree re your piece on Monaco.
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DH IN Englands
Phew, that's a tricky one. Any idea of the date and/or race?
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