Linda Smith

I shall miss Linda Smith's rather unique sense of humour which could be somewhat acerbic yet wonderfully understated. Two nuggets as selected by Simon Hoggart in his tribute to her in today's Guardian demonstrate these qualities to the full:

"David Mellor, the thinking woman's fat, ugly bastard. The last woman to run her fingers through his hair was the nit nurse."

"I do sympathise with Bush and Blair trying to find WMDs. I'm like that with my scissors. I put them down, then I search all over the house, and I never find them. Of course, I do know that my scissors exist."