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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Why wasn't I on Street-Porter's shit-list?

I have to admit I was disappointed not to have been on Janet Street-Porter's revenge shit-list, having been one of her fiercest critics when she was foolishly made editor of the Independent on Sunday in 1999.

Mind you, she has had plenty of detractors down the years, so maybe she was spoiled for choice.

For the record, as she revealed in the Daily Mail last week, the list includes AA Gill, Jeremy Clarkson, Rod Liddle, the entire cast of Gardeners' World, Richard Ingrams, museum director Neil MacGregor, Julian Barnes, the blessed Marina Hyde and Kelvin MacKenzie.

Kelvin hits back in his Sun column today, referring to Street-Porter as "Shergar's only living relative", which is illustrated with a Private Eye-style picture of the pair.

I can't wait for Gill's response. Perhaps it will come should he review Street-Porter's Channel 4 programme this Sunday, The Genius Of British Art.

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