Wisdom of David Brent ‘more memorable than Shakespeare’
Shakespeare’s most famous quotations are less well known than the cringeworthy sayings of David Brent, the fictional middle-manager from The Office, a survey claimed yesterday…
Classic literature proved more recognisable than contemporary in only one instance. Thirty-two per cent of people knew that the owl and the pussy cat in Edward Lear’s verse took “some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a five pound note”. But just 14 per cent knew that J K Rowling’s Harry Potter caught his train to school from King’s Cross station.
Telegraph | 4 February 2004