Letters: George Bennett obituary
I met George Bennett when we were students at Oxford. His flair for fun and invention came out in 1956 in a spoof Ibsen exhibition pretending to commemorate the great writer, but in fact consisting of items scoured from junkshops, such as a cue labelled: “Ibsen was a secret billiards player.” The hoax fooled many visitors, including some from the national press. Dennis Butts In the late 1990s, the media savvy George Bennett gave useful guidance to colleagues at the IFRC Red Cross in Nairobi on publicising their activities. His advice on field trips to places such as Somalia was face-saving: “When offered camel milk by your hosts, consider the absence of facilities on the plane back to Nairobi.” Caroline Hurford
我与乔治·班尼特相识于牛津大学求学期间。1956年，他那对乐趣和创新的天赋在一场恶搞易卜生展览中展露无遗。这场展览假装纪念这位伟大作家，但实际上展出的都是从旧货店淘来的物品，例如一根球杆上写着：“易卜生是一位秘密的台球玩家。”这场骗局愚弄了许多参观者，包括一些国家级媒体记者。——丹尼斯·巴茨 在1990年代末，深谙媒体之道的乔治·班尼特向内罗毕国际红十字会（IFRC）的同事们提供了关于宣传其活动的宝贵指导。他关于前往索马里等地进行实地考察的建议非常“保全颜面”：“当你的主人向你提供骆驼奶时，请考虑一下返回内罗毕的飞机上可能没有洗手间设施。”——卡罗琳·赫福德