tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post384835889017692591..comments2024-03-29T05:24:12.453+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: QUEER CRITIC DEAD.call me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-57279050238776912332015-09-26T13:56:13.931+01:002015-09-26T13:56:13.931+01:00Arabic, and Mandarin, the new scholarship, the Gre...Arabic, and Mandarin, the new scholarship, the Greek and Latin for our times, Calf, the new Boris.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-41207369582380265552015-09-26T13:45:24.210+01:002015-09-26T13:45:24.210+01:00I think I have seen it, mr mike, a while back, but...I think I have seen it, mr mike, a while back, but so many of them just merge into one, in memory, unless I write something down; it is the nature of the medium, lazy. On the other hand, I have been working quite hard, reading John Keegan's First World War, very different from TellyHistory.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-77822531773642740602015-09-26T02:05:22.514+01:002015-09-26T02:05:22.514+01:00Bu chance, up popped on Aussie TeeVee Episode 1 of...Bu chance, up popped on Aussie TeeVee Episode 1 of Naked Pilgrim - his 2003 journey to Santiago de Compostela. Episode 1 started in England (briefly) then onto Paris. Scathing about Sacre Coeur, and some insights on Notre Dame, as well as anecdotes galore. Most interesting 30 minutes. Hope it continues to Episode 2.<br /><br />Well worth a watch if you can find.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-3508743896414930462015-09-20T21:21:50.103+01:002015-09-20T21:21:50.103+01:00Yes, although she is studying Arabic. (Somebody ha...Yes, although she is studying Arabic. (Somebody has to know what they're on about.) <br /><br />http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/4576.htm (I suggested she learn the dialogue for her oral exams)Lilithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-77057141167874860082015-09-20T14:38:10.453+01:002015-09-20T14:38:10.453+01:00Yes, dogs and surprisingly, cars, and men, of cour...Yes, dogs and surprisingly, cars, and men, of course. I believe he though that most of us are overrated and I feel that he was correct. Trust that Lilith junior is staying the fuck away from Damascus these days.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-35395276145738470642015-09-20T12:18:33.180+01:002015-09-20T12:18:33.180+01:00He was potty about his dogs, recently wrote aa cha...He was potty about his dogs, recently wrote aa charming little book about it. Calfy met him last year after a talk and he told her Ruskin is overated :-)Lilithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-44901049990809027322015-09-19T21:29:25.027+01:002015-09-19T21:29:25.027+01:00Just read the Filth-O-Graph piece too, thanks Mr M...Just read the Filth-O-Graph piece too, thanks Mr Mike, something they still do well over at The Telegraph - the Obituary writers must have somehow escaped the gaze of the 'New People'....Citizen Suspect Mr SGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-75606441081808655852015-09-19T20:59:48.373+01:002015-09-19T20:59:48.373+01:00Yes, good piece in the Filth-O-Graph, good comment...Yes, good piece in the Filth-O-Graph, good comments, too.<br /><br />I might just raise a glass to him, myself.<br /><br />And not just a pleb, mr rwg, but the high and the haughty.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-29317707701269070422015-09-19T19:41:26.961+01:002015-09-19T19:41:26.961+01:00Sad news indeed Mr I - alas there is no escape fro...Sad news indeed Mr I - alas there is no escape from the reaper of souls. I shall also miss his cutting intellect & shall follow up on the link you mention above in remembrance of this civilised man.SGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-46154007526113587572015-09-19T19:37:02.100+01:002015-09-19T19:37:02.100+01:00Obit in the Filthograph worth a read.Obit in the Filthograph worth a read.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-76772062471880521362015-09-19T19:32:55.451+01:002015-09-19T19:32:55.451+01:00I used to like the way he could beat a pleb to a p...I used to like the way he could beat a pleb to a pulp using only his IQ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-88319236831335921272015-09-19T19:22:56.167+01:002015-09-19T19:22:56.167+01:00I can think of no-one like him, mr bungalow bill, ...I can think of no-one like him, mr bungalow bill, although some here deploy a similar, pugent, no-nonsense concision.<br /><br />I read the news at the Guardian, whose report links to other Sewell pieces, among which I would commend, Brian Sewell on Why the BBC's factual output is an insult to the nation.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-50550038718712705762015-09-19T18:47:18.425+01:002015-09-19T18:47:18.425+01:00I knew nothing of this Mr I until i dropped in her...I knew nothing of this Mr I until i dropped in here. I am very sorry to hear of it - he was a glorious affront to the humdrum and priggish. His gayness was also a thing done well, he struggled with it because of his Catholicism but then allowed his passions to overcome him and proceeded to enjoy himself prodigiously. The sort of person we can ill afford to lose.<br /><br />Bungalow Billnoreply@blogger.com