Satirical book series "Jeremy Clarkson borrowed my Blog" is published

A strange name for a book you might say – “Jeremy Clarkson borrowed my Blog”. Well I am convinced that he did.
By: Ed Moss
 
 
Jeremy Clarkson borrowed my Blog
Jeremy Clarkson borrowed my Blog
March 24, 2011 - PRLog -- Borrow my blog that is! Well read it. Or even come across it by accident and perhaps made use of it for inspiration. But didn’t acknowledge or offer a few pence as reward.
I have contributed to various blog sites over the years, albeit as somewhat of a frustrated satirist, submitting news and current affairs articles, containing what the reader may at times conclude might be less than a grain of truth.

However, having had a go at mobile phone users in my Daily Telegraph blog dated 13th September 2007 (http://my.telegraph.co.uk/steddyeddy/date/2007/09), I spied that columnist Jeremy Clarkson, in his Sunday Times column of the 16th September, three days following my posting (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article2459930.ece), had written an article with content bearing a rather uncanny similarity to that which I had written.

I challenged both Jeremy and his editor, via email, but still await, to this day, a reply offering either explanation or denial.

I have a sneaking suspicion I am in for a fairly long wait, it having nearly been three years now. I know they - or their assistants - did read my email, because I ticked the delivery and read receipt box for each through the Thunderbird email programme, an acknowledgement I duly received back. Sadly I can’t reproduce it here, as those nice glitches at Windows XP caused a reformat of my hard drive resulting in the total loss of my emails.

So please, just sit back and have a laugh, and, if anything offends, I apologise and respectfully suggest that you ignore the path the self-appointed doyenne of morality and president of the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association, the late Mary Whitehouse might have taken.

She ruled over what she perceived as the bad-taste (depending upon your point of view) ether for over 30 years, and would have wanted to put this book down on your behalf - without of course allowing you to judge for yourself. She possibly would have read it at least five or six times herself just ‘to be sure’.

If you don’t like what you read, then be my guest to put the book down and go treat yourself to a Maeve Binchy, Clive Cussler (or whatever tickles your literary fancy) novel.
Otherwise, sit back and enjoy.

Oh! And thanks for the inspiration Jeremy.

I am actually flattered that my meanderings gave you some food for thought.

Further details  of, and how to order the three books in the current series are available from:  http://www.maykit.me.uk/html/my_books.html

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Edward (Ed) Moss has over 25 years experience in Marketing Communications, specialising in copywriting and PR, spending the first 10 years of his career as a journalist.

He has worked in both the private and public sectors in his editor and contributing editor capacities - Manpower Services Commission (as was), Leeds Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a full-service marketing agency, Rotherham Training and Enterprise Council, Vauxhall Motors (Head Office) and the Department for Work and Pensions.

Ed has written on subjects as varied as Healthcare, Kitchens, Automotive (Cars and Motorcycles), Business and Commerce, Menswear, Entertainment, Retail, Pharmaceutical, Environmental/Green issues, holiday, leisure, transport and even Fish and Chips (admittedly, the rather world-famous Yorkshire-based ones!).

He has also had a book published, The Marketing Cynics Reader.
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