Miles Kington
Miles Kington learnt his trade on Punch, where he stayed for 15 years. He then became a columnist on The Times - until the takeover by Rupert Murdoch was complete. Miles wrote a daily humorous column for The Independent from 1987 until days before he died in 2008. In his 2005 memoir, Someone Like Me, everything was invented to avoid charges of plagiarism or libel.
The Kington letters: Final words of a comic genius
Ever the master humorist, Miles Kington kept readers laughing right up to the end. But at the time of his death last week, the 'Independent' columnist was also working on a literary farewell - a series of typically brilliant letters to his friend and agent, Gill Coleridge...
Independent humourist Kington has the last laugh
Miles Kington, the humourist, broadcaster, musician and Independent columnist who died in January, once observed that “whenever I attend someone’s memorial service, I am always struck by one notable absence: the late lamented himself”. Read and watch tributes paid to the comic genius at his recent memorial service.
By Miles Kington
Famous last words: Letters from Miles Kington
Monday, 13 October 2008
Before he died this year, The Independent's resident satirist Miles Kington wrote a series of letters to his literary agent. Now they are being published in a fresh collection, giving us another chance to enjoy his wit and wisdom...
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