Pterry survives "mini stroke"

Terry Pratchett, one of my favourite authors, just discovered that he'd had a stroke . . . and not even realized it:

But working on one of his manuscripts last August, he started to find it difficult to coordinate his hands and brain.

"I was having a bad day and my typing was going askew. It was as if I was typing wearing gloves."

Terry, who lives with his wife Lyn and has a 39-year-old daughter Rhianna, went to see his GP.

"After going through the symptoms, the first thing she asked was whether I'd suffered any memory loss and I wisecracked back: 'Not that I can recall.' "