Miles Kington (1941-2008) was a British journalist, humorist, musician (he played double bass for Instant Sunshine) and broadcaster. Perhaps best known for his 'Let's Parler Franglais' books, he was also a prolific journalist, writing for
Punch,
The Times, the
Independent and
The Oldie. He was a jazz and steam railway buff as well: in short a good, kind and very funny man.
In one of his Independent pieces Miles Kington once referred to a volume of Edward Lear's limericks translated into French. Not an easy task, you might think, and in translating Alphonse Allais into English, Miles Kington set himself a similar challenge. He carried it off with panache....
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