But can he establish that M. Thatcher, passing the relevant doorsteps at the
relevant hour, snatched all their milk? Then we'd be making progress.
Best,
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Roddy Lumsden <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: I saw something nasty in the bell jar
> >I have been re-assessing my views on Plath during this debate --
> > (snip) For a 30 year-old it is indeed
> >a tasteless way to behave. Like John Lennon's song 'Mother',
> >it may have served as therapy . . . but Lennon at least had the
> >simple decency to scream his head off.
>
> For a further connection between Plath and Lennon, see 'Moraine', a poem
> from Paul Farley's forthcoming second collection. Farley has worked out
> that the morning of Plath's death coincides with the recording of certain
> songs for the first Beatles LP at Abbey Road, a few hundred yards away.
> Sylvia famously left milk out for her kids, Lennon during this session
drank
> milk constantly to soothe a sore throat.
>
> R
>
>
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