My Mother, The Bearded Lady

A journalist, columnist, humorist and musician, Miles Kington began his writing career at Punch, where he created Franglais, a hugely popular fictional language, before going on to write a daily column for The Times, followed by the Independent. He wrote over thirty thousand newspaper columns in his lifetime, as well as contributing to countless magazines and other publications.When he died in 2008, he left behind an enormous archive of correspondence. Effortlessly funny and entertaining, thi…