Toodle-pip Ian Skidmore, journalist and radio tradition
he left school aged twelve, "because he feared the teachers would interfere with his education"
He made it into Fleet Street without much ability to spell or punctuate
a mixture of erudition and whimsy, talents listeners highly rate...
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/oct/24/ian-skidmore
Samples of his wit and wisdom...
http://www.openwriting.com/archives/skidmores_island/