Ronald Searle and Molesworth

Thing of the Day was saddened last week to hear of the death of Ronald Searle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Searle

All the reports focussed on his creation of the St Trinian’s schoolgirls who, of course, a delight.

But TOTD has long had a much softer spot for the Molesworth books which as “any fule kno”, contain his marvellous illustrations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Molesworth

If you can find a copy of Down With Skool or its sequels, they’re well worth looking out – although they’re quite dark once you get past the surface level humour.  There’s a tribute here:

http://ronaldsearle.blogspot.com/2006/07/molesworth.html

And h2g2 has an entry (http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/A245620) which we fully support in suggesting Molesworth as the patron saint of internet users and bad spellers everywhere.

Tags: molesworth, patron saint of the internet, ronald searle, St Trinian's