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My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

Ian Hislop
Mother, Witty, Clever
"Ian Hislop: satirist in chief". Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.