Alan Partridge

Today I found out Alan got a column in the Guardian. I’m not sure why I’m surprised.


For the purpose of this post I’m going to break out of a good tradition to pretend Alan is real and not played by Steve Coogan.

I read some of the comments and love how no-one feels the need to break out of the pretence. It’s Alan getting the comments and being ridiculed, not Steve Coogan. I quite like that tradition. However, in some cases I’m not sure people are aware Alan is fiction.

Here’s the link to Alan's column 'How I Became a National Treasure'.