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Tag Archives: Comedy
Hark, the Herald Angels sing. Or so I’m told.
‘This the season, and I won’t deny it. Have you seen this Sceptred Isle from above, when covered in snow like this? Quite, quite, forgiving. Snow like the cover you put over important furniture in rooms you don’t expect to … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Feminism, literature, Memory, Parade's End, Religion
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The Bigot Question
Beloved! It is, of course, ridiculous. This whole Tintin affair, I mean, not the impending expansion of your lineage. Perhaps your virtues, and your sensibilities regarding censorship, just decided to skip a couple of generations? Perhaps they are waiting for … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, Booker Prize, Comedy, E M Forster, Howard Jacobson, literature, parlour games, re-reading
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Borrowed Paperweight
Apology altogether accepted, and wholly unnecessary. As we know, imitation is the most sincere form of copyright infringement. And to reiterate my claim from an earlier letter: you most certainly would make a great addition to this department. The ability … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, Bertrand Russell, Comedy, Dora Black, Feminism, Katie Roiphe, literature, Parade's End, Penguin
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Hermeneutics and distractions
I will begin be begging pardon for the pun that is soon to follow. Pardoned only by the pun, I think you’ll find. As a proposition it is unfair, and not just that, it is incorrect (The cardigan-clad philosophers that haunt these … Continue reading