Forty-Two Places: A Bit of Personal History, Part I

More and more frequently these days I’m asked, ‘Why Douglas Adams? Why is he the author you’re so focused on?‘

One aspect of my holistic answer to ‘why Adams‘ is that Adams himself attributed much of his writerly motivation to an event that occurred 59 years ago today.

Jem Roberts writes:

The story of Adams and Halford must surely be one of the most celebrated examples of teaching inspiration on record. [Adams was in Halford’s] English Composition class, and one Thursday morning, 7th...