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One of my heroes, Sue Townsend, has died 68.
She was the creator of the subversive Nigel Molesworth.

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"'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'" (Whizz for Atomms)

"As any fule kno" - e.g. "a chiz is a swiz or a swindle, as any fule kno."

[on music] "I can only tell you that if you get the whole lot of minims crotchets and quavers mixed up together it is like an atomic xplosion cheers cheers cheers." (How to Be Topp)

[on grandmothers] "Most boys have 2 grans" (Down With Skool); "Grandmothers are all very strikt and they all sa the same thing as they smile swetely over their gin and orange. It is a grandmother's privilege to spoil her grandchildren GET OFF THAT SOFA NIGEL YOU WILL BRAKE IT." (How to Be Topp)

[On Latin] "Fancy a grown man saying hujus hujus hujus as if he were proud of it, it is not english and do not make SENSE." (How to Be Topp)

[on sport] "It is a funny thing tho your side always gets beaten whichever skool you are at. That is like life i supose." (How to Be Topp)

[on grown ups] "Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."

[on History] "History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."

[on smoking] "You have caught me Sir, like a Treen in a disabled spaceship."

brilliant author - love all her books - Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction - hilarious - so many laughs

RIP Sue Townsend

Rollo - seems only you and me who are fans of Sue Townsend and Adrian Mole

NO RR and Ann I too am a great fan of Sue's as you know she wasnt just credited for Adrain Mole.Not only have I read everyone of the A Moles books but I have read all her other stuff as well and love the Royals Queen Camila the women that didnt get out of bed for 2 years and of course No 10 all excellent wind down reads, she was very witty and in most of her books there was always a down to earth working class speak your mind Mother/Granny I often wondered if this was Sue. :-D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26986127

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I've been listening to interviews she has done in the past on the radio to-day and she certainly sounded a great gal. Great sense of humour too, considering her awful health problems. How sad that she has died so young.

Andromeda Veal? Was that the name of his girlfriend? I vaguely remember my daughter having the books and I think I may have read a couple of them. :-S

think she was called Pandora Braithwaite

It was Ann she ended up an MP in Tony Balirs new labour party.

No 10 was a fantastic send up of Tony and Cherie Blair ...........she sent him out to live amongst the people dressed as a women and his wife was totally bonkers. :-D

Sue Townsend had had a lot to cope with while writing her books and it's sad that she has died so young when she still had more to give her readers.

At least she will be well remembered for her books and her humour.

Rest in peace, Sue, you gave a lot of people enormous pleasure and will continue to do so in future.

Lizx

Ooops...yep you're right Ann. I was thinking of the girl in the book....the Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass aged 37 3/4. Doh.....dumbo I am :-S

Sharon Bolt was the girl he got pregenant when he was 18 but at the time didnt know the baby was his till his son Glenn was 15 and came looking for him