tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post195674209585509082..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: RavishingThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-92031195723144297362009-02-24T09:57:00.000+00:002009-02-24T09:57:00.000+00:00I have long regarded Mr Jame's with suspicion foll...I have long regarded Mr Jame's with suspicion following the revelation (to me) that he came to London holding a letter of 'recommendation' from one Angus Maude. Maude as older posters will doubtless recall, was one of Thatcher's great supporters and got her into the Tory Leadership and thence to No. 10.<BR/><BR/>He was a a guest at the noble Lord Archer's Shepherds Pie and Champagne lunches.<BR/><BR/>The company you keep?Anton Dequehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07076828639042541217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-44160976082186522992009-02-22T15:37:00.000+00:002009-02-22T15:37:00.000+00:00[sarcasm]Reluctant as I am to criticise a national...[sarcasm]Reluctant as I am to criticise a national treasure [/sarcasm] ... James -- and other figures associated with 'The Push' -- has always been a smug middle class cunt with a disagreeable whiff of expat hauteur, whom Australians are suppposed to worship because he lives in that London.hakmaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657089974023214540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-2898345891248403352009-02-22T11:42:00.000+00:002009-02-22T11:42:00.000+00:00The Dorset Dipper has read books by Clive James th...The Dorset Dipper has read books by Clive James though and enjoyed them. No accounting for taste. <BR/><BR/>DD and I often come to opposite conclusions from different starting points :-)The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-5300230597617540992009-02-22T08:21:00.000+00:002009-02-22T08:21:00.000+00:00Didn't Antonia Fraser have a rather dim view of Mr...Didn't Antonia Fraser have a rather dim view of Mr James?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-43391539537331495572009-02-22T03:02:00.000+00:002009-02-22T03:02:00.000+00:00Dorset dippercunt hasn't read John's review. That ...Dorset dippercunt hasn't read John's review. That is obvious.<BR/>Worra cunt Dorsetdipper is.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015473239835274353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-44558598268548539542009-02-21T19:14:00.000+00:002009-02-21T19:14:00.000+00:00well, do you want to like your writers, or do you ...well, do you want to like your writers, or do you want to be entertained?<BR/><BR/>Clive James's memoirs are fantastic pieces of work. He gives us pictures of a world few of us have experience of, and in his latest produced some of the funniest pieces I've ever read.DorsetDipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612884207485991011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-72672778322917990322009-02-21T14:27:00.000+00:002009-02-21T14:27:00.000+00:00I take it all back. My prejudice is entirely reas...I take it all back. My prejudice is entirely reasonable. Can't stand the sneering tone and incredibly insufferable self-importance. <BR/><BR/>The review John links to is excellently savage.<BR/><BR/>And Will, another example of us coming to the same conclusions from different starting points.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-82203182596111346232009-02-21T13:10:00.000+00:002009-02-21T13:10:00.000+00:00Me three!!<A HREF="http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/10/24/cultural-dyspepsia/" REL="nofollow">Me three!!</A>Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272341393007849321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-13857485218276147182009-02-21T01:29:00.000+00:002009-02-21T01:29:00.000+00:00One French choon deserves anotherhttp://www.youtub...One French choon deserves another<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8nJhg9DgYchakmaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657089974023214540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-81374983130819266012009-02-21T01:19:00.000+00:002009-02-21T01:19:00.000+00:00I hate that fucher James as well.Great that you ag...I hate that fucher James as well.<BR/><BR/>Great that you agree with me.<BR/><BR/>http://drinksoakedtrotsforwar.com/2007/04/03/hitchens-be-damned-i-aint-spewing/#comment-23440Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015473239835274353noreply@blogger.com