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‘I asked for a substitute for the f-word. He suggested the c-word’: the joy of editing Rod
['Fraser Nelson', 'Lara Brown', 'Patrick Kidd', 'James Heale', 'Nicky Dunne', 'Tali Fraser', 'Roger Pescott', 'Philip Patrick', 'Lachlan Hunter', 'Fearghus Keogh']
The Spectator Australia
‘Rod was right,’ I was told by Aidan Barclay, who as proprietor had nearly ended up in the dock himself.
The Rod unit was born.
I once asked if there was a substitute for the f-word; he suggested the c-word.
When The Spectator was being sold, I had to explain to prospective buyers why our Rod unit existed.
The Rod unit – or red team, as I also called it – would usually find that the extraordinary things Rod wrote about were exactly as he said.