Privilege and these select little clubs nearly always bring out all
kinds of jaundiced feelings in me. England has too many of these
little clubs, and their history is embedded in class, played out
across golf-clubs everywhere in this green and vile land. My
discomfiture with these particular aspect of englishness grows apace.
In this case, I am greatly disappointed to find clubbishness
manifested in people whom I once respected greatly, whom I thought
could and would rise above it. It's no good having fought and then
succumbed.
I, too, enjoyed the free-masons joke.
A few years ago, Simon A did an excellent tv docu on an american poet
which was hugely influential for me.
Roger
On 2/28/06, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dave on Armitage:
> >"Unlike the two previous times I've seen him he didn't come across as
> arrogant... he does read fairly well, albeit in a rather monotone way... I
> ended up almost liking him"<
>
> This matches my experience too Dave. Years ago when I first heard Armitage
> read I found him so brittly defensive and full of himself it was
> embarrassing but he has mellowed, and why not, he no longer has anything to
> prove to those he used to be trying to prove something to.
>
> As for this other closed lists thing - I had to smile. Your mason comment
> was very funny. Won't say more than that because the prospect of another
> spat with cris over those sorts of issues does not appeal - anyway, Roger's
> response seems to be coming from the right direction.
>
> Cheers
> Tim A.
>
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