Thank you for the honour of last place for the Isle of Wight, and for solid reasons, too – unlike your nondescript dismissal of lesser places (Norfolk 👀).
I don’t know who hurt you here, but I hope “a place of genuine giggling, evil” gets sewn into the bunting and graffitied onto the sides of the ferries. Notoriety counts for so much more than fame.
Thank you for the honour of last place for the Isle of Wight, and for solid reasons, too – unlike your nondescript dismissal of lesser places (Norfolk 👀).
I don’t know who hurt you here, but I hope “a place of genuine giggling, evil” gets sewn into the bunting and graffitied onto the sides of the ferries. Notoriety counts for so much more than fame.
The ferries have a lot to do with the placing, to be honest...
Also I’m assuming that leaving the sub-editing article one line short is a copy-fitting in-joke to amuse Banville?