The jacket fits for Rusbridger

 
P16 Julian Barnfield
Rex FEatures
19 December 2012

Well done, the Guardian. The newspaper most savagely opposed to fox hunting got it right while covering the story about the RSPCA prosecuting Julian Barnfield, of David Cameron’s local hunt, the Heythrop, for killing a fox with hounds.

Yesterday’s Guardian front page showed Barnfield in a green coat, which is correct as staff of the Heythrop and the Beaufort wear green. Others showed him wearing a red coat, often known as a pink coat, possibly taken with a different hunt.

So it’s congratulations to editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger. His eye for elitist detail makes him the perfect candidate to be the next chief executive of the Royal Opera House.

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