Pooterish

There's a certain Pooterish charm in the tribulations of Redditch suburbia, and I'm truly grateful to Blatant Optimism for links to webcam astronomy sites.

Archive 2004-01-11 Laban 2004

A century and a bit on from the debut of Charles Pooter, put-upon hero of the Grossmith brothers 'comic novel The Diary of a Nobody (1892), The modern definition of "Pooterish" lies somewhere in the region of "detached self-importance".

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

I was listening to Mullin's memoir last night and couldn't escape the feeling that he was just some 'Pooterish' man who had an over-inflated sense of his own importance - especially not realising the 'Yes Minister' potential of his 'War On Leylandii, War on the causes of Leylandii' ..

BBC Blog Network 2009

When the reader can see past her Pooterish champion, the picture of the duchess that emerges is not attractive.

Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor by Hugo Vickers - review 2011

N.B. For several years — incredible as it may seem — a tiny, somewhat Pooterish, but nevertheless intriguing question has been rattling around in my head for which I could find no answer, until now.

N.B. 2009

N.B. For several years — incredible as it may seem — a tiny, somewhat Pooterish, but nevertheless intriguing question has been rattling around in my head for which I could find no answer, until now.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Though some of the old sensibility is detectable – mainly in the lyrics' gloomy worldview epitomised by I'm Having a Coffee's Pooterish line "The fuse has bust on the plug on the telly/ There's something strange at the back of the fridge" and their penchant for Asian flavours such as sitars – you'd hardly recognise them as first-wave synth-poppers.

Blancmange: Blanc Burn – review 2011

Thomas-Symonds's emphasis on the Pooterish prelude to greatness is as irritating as are his occasional ( "dissociate themselves with") grammatical lapses.

Attlee: A Life in Politics by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds 2010

This is even more surprising considering how much he quotes from ordinary people's diaries, such as the Pooterish Anthony Heap – among the more telling of whose index entries is the splendid "ignores Suez crisis, 628".

Family Britain: 1951-57 by David Kynaston 2010

His hilariously Pooterish voice runs through this volume, one of many.

Voices of change 2009