Now that the A420 rivalry is to resume, some of literature's finest authors contributions:-
Stewart Lee writing for the Guardian
"Kate Middleton, a peasant-spawned serf-girl, sodden with the primordial mire of the Swindon-shadowed swamplands."
An Inspector Banks novel
"Office space in London is far too expensive. Our head office is in Swindon. Well, outside Swindon. One wouldn't want to actually be in Swindon, would one"
Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
There is not a university in our town, which is Swindon, because it is a small place ... Father wants to move to a different town as well. He sometimes says things like, 'We've got to get out of this town, kiddo.' And sometimes he says, 'Swindon's the arsehole of the world.'
Nick Hornby - Fever Pitch
For the first time, suddenly, I became aware of all the Swindon fans sitting around us, with their awful West Country accents, their absurd innocent glee, their delirious disbelief. I hadn’t ever come across opposing fans before, and I loathed them in a way I had never before loathed strangers.
