tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post3468183650488453753..comments2023-08-02T10:45:41.531+01:00Comments on In the footsteps of the Fool: everyone's a starDave Leekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-75106461681065399762013-11-08T22:56:50.933+00:002013-11-08T22:56:50.933+00:00Er, The Yorkshire Grey? The Longship? Slug and Let...Er, The Yorkshire Grey? The Longship? Slug and Lettuce?Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-90382651423527249452013-11-08T22:25:04.677+00:002013-11-08T22:25:04.677+00:00Each to his own - can't stand Hardy, personall...Each to his own - can't stand Hardy, personally, but Dickens is great, those baroque, filigreed sentences that people like Virginia Woolf hated so much - marvellous.And anyway, there's a pub in Stevenage named after one of his novels ... Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-55388720176977619542013-11-05T22:38:53.848+00:002013-11-05T22:38:53.848+00:00I'm more of a Hardy fan, I guess. I've rec...I'm more of a Hardy fan, I guess. I've recently started reading Conan Doyle. but as for Dickens, Hard Times and Christmas Carol - oh, and The Signalman. I think that's about it. Actually, "hater" is rather strong. The main problem is teaching it nowadays. Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-39948553860010566422013-11-05T20:28:47.509+00:002013-11-05T20:28:47.509+00:00I never had you down as a Dickens hater, Dave. Not...I never had you down as a Dickens hater, Dave. Not even a grudging admiration of Great Expectations?Brendinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442556958669427968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-31262588157898109272013-11-05T20:28:22.720+00:002013-11-05T20:28:22.720+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brendinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442556958669427968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-61427953523366266082013-11-05T20:28:13.803+00:002013-11-05T20:28:13.803+00:00I never had you down as a Dickens hater, Dave. Not...I never had you down as a Dickens hater, Dave. Not even a grudging admiration of Great Expectations?Brendinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442556958669427968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-110230751039652362013-11-03T16:42:25.362+00:002013-11-03T16:42:25.362+00:00Oh, right - I thought it was because it was in the...Oh, right - I thought it was because it was in the arse-end of Suffolk where nobody wants to come to.<br /><br />I'll let the SLT know - now that Mrs Dave isn't a member of it anymore, they may not want to listen. Management always know best.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-54766855758806760322013-11-03T16:34:44.069+00:002013-11-03T16:34:44.069+00:00I miss a proper bonfire night with bonfires. I us...I miss a proper bonfire night with bonfires. I used to love that pall of smoke that hung over the town, then looking for spent rockets in the street next day.<br /><br />P.S. I can't believe your school is called Doh! Academy. That must make recruitment quite difficult.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-41501278819535423902013-11-03T16:20:44.224+00:002013-11-03T16:20:44.224+00:00Yes, I think they were last night. Maybe next year...Yes, I think they were last night. Maybe next year!<br /><br />The fireworks we saw last night were quite amazing - a lot of money had been spent. I must admit, I've never really enjoyed them much since a banger went off in my hand when I was about 13. Andy and I used to sit and listen to prog rock albums drinking Spanish Graves at about 48 pence a go instead on Bonfire Night.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339839143636242387.post-9130134117728016592013-11-03T15:50:21.610+00:002013-11-03T15:50:21.610+00:00Lyme Regis at half term used to be my favourite ho...Lyme Regis at half term used to be my favourite holiday -- I suppose you missed the massive bonfire on the beach and the fireworks on the Cobb? It's an amazing spectacle. We've driven down there and back a couple of times just to catch it.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com