Jim - It is the incident with John Brunner's supposed rudeness to Harry Cox, which never occurred but Ewan made a big production # of, which it seems to me qualifies him for the 'great but crabby' label. You will find it all above on posts of 30 Aug, when you had actually requested some justification for someone's having described EMacC as 'a bastard' & at your request I furnished an example.