Philip Larkin on George Melly: ‘an adolescent sense of humour’ – archive, 1965 | Jazz

Owning Up, by George Melly (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 30s)

I could never watch (the verb is chosen advisedly) George Melly singing without feeling embarrassed, and the same goes for reading his book. He is so anxious to tell you which birds he had…