A close call
In Old Man Sailing, John Passmore interweaves episodes from his previous successful career in newspapers and sailing adventures into an account of his lockdown escape. As he sails north for Shetland he recalls his early days working on local papers where his main job as a journalist was to fill the space between the adverts.
If a church fete could be stretched out to half a page, the editor felt he had discovered a rare talent. As you may have noticed I can waffle on until the cows come home, so he rather liked me. Now, waffling on is all very
