As first paragraphs go, this one from another recent Guardian article takes the cake:
Appointed as "ambassadors" of that most wholesome of sanctuaries – children’s books – the four children’s laureates have now been penetratingly transformed in holographic portraits unveiled this week at the Unicorn Theatre for Children in south London.
The four lucky laureates included Anne Fine, Quentin Blake, Michael Morpurgo, and Jacqueline Wilson. All worthy writer/illustrators one and all. Not everyone was entirely pleased, it seems. Said Anne Fine, she was, "seriously scared by the way she looked like the wicked stepmother in Snow White." If she’s referring to the stepmother pre her cronification then that might be intended as a compliment. Maybe.
I think this is an excellent idea, by the way. We should holograph our own kidlit behemoths. I say we start with Maurice Sendak. Something tells me he might enjoy the creepy process in all the right ways.