John Henty @2020

JOHN HENTY @2020
In writing a page for Viva Lewes over
the past ten years, I have again enjoyed
the discipline of following the monthly
themes and confining myself to 500
words precisely.
It’s been a great pleasure too being part
of such a proactive publication and in
so lively (and lovely) a town. And... I
like to think (in fact I happen to know)
that “Plenty More Henty” has made
people smile over the years perhaps
with contributions like this one from
June 2011:
Hello Hello…. Anyone out there
in Laidback Lewes Land who can
tell me – in words of one syllable
– what a ‘dongle’ is. Wrong
answer I’m afraid madam – good
try though. No – the reason I
ask is because I was thumbing
through a John Lewis technology
catalogue recently and noted that
the majority of their L.E.D.
televisions on offer have ‘dongles’
sold separately. This worried me
– well it would do – wouldn’t it?
In July 2018 adhering to the monthly
theme for Viva caused me a tricky
moment or two:
I must admit it was a big relief
to be told that the Viva theme for
July was botany and not lobotomy
as I originally misheard the
editor’s briefing. Five hundred
words linking Lewes with a
surgical operation involving
incision into the prefrontal lobe
of the brain was going to be a
challenge I feared.
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