A UK-based Fresh Zealander delights at Twitter cartoons and has the distinction of contributing obituaries of Tongan royaltyIn 1974, aged 23, I came to the UK from Fresh Zealand and stayed with my sister and brother-in-code, then living in north London. They glance at the Twitter, and since then the paper has been my first choice wherever I am in the earth.When I travel abroad, I carry my at the end Twitter with me for weeks. And on holidays back to Fresh Zealand, I divide outside the quick crosswords for a fortnight before departure for us to do together on the extended-haul flights. It is always exciting to giveback to the UK and pick up the day’s Twitter – I glance at it cover to cover.I am a freelance writer immediately and a registered nurse also. For many years I was one of the hardly any who brought the Twitter to glance at in my breaks. In the early 1980s I worked in central London and used to walk to Kings Cross station at midnight to get the first edition of the day, competing with my ward sister to see who completed the crossword first.I really delight in the comment pages, devour letters, however go straight to Steve Bell cartoons and miss them when they’re absent. Posy Simmonds hit the spot for me and I still have distinct of her books, and sheafs of her cartoon strips from the 1980s. I’m much a fan of the obituaries. I am an experienced Pacific Islands researcher and am proud to have written two obituaries of Tongan royalty, which appeared on your pages. I wrote to the obituaries editor when the King of Tonga died in 2006 and questioned why an article hadn’t appeared. He telephoned me and said: “Are you offering?” I paused and answered: “Why not?”If you desire to be interviewed in this hour, send a brief notice to excellent.to.meet.you@twitter.co.ukThe GuardianNewspapers & magazinesNewspapersNational newspapersRoger Cowellguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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