Ish??? my poor old head trying to decipher this is that I is? or ish a
bit? or other
On 11/09/2017 23:42, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> Ish
>
> L
>
> On 11 September 2017 at 23:13, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> Well, I'm shocked, Patrick, as an old leftie too. I have liked seeing the
>> world through Larkin's jaundiced eyes but I didn't realise the apparent
>> corollary of that sort of jaundice. Lawrence, are you an Ezra P man at all?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 at 5:38 am, Patrick McManus <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> L am proud to be old leftie! still care etc cheers P
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/09/2017 19:21, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>>>> well, yes
>>>> though I wouldn't quite put it like that
>>>>
>>>> classifying oneself as an old leftie is almost apologetic to my ear
>>>>
>>>> I don't require artists to hold views akin to mine to admire them as
>>> artists
>>>> but it seems to me that his views are ignorant and wrong-headed AND
>> there
>>>> is nothing much admirable about his poetry as poetry
>>>>
>>>> L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11 September 2017 at 18:59, Patrick McManus <
>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> oldster was meant to be me -thanks for reply I think it difficult for
>> me
>>>>> old leftie to stomach his repulsive side
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/09/2017 18:49, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> which oldster is that? you or him?
>>>>>> *
>>>>>> I have never had much time for Mr Larkin...
>>>>>> If other people find him of quality, fine; but I have yet to be
>>> convinced
>>>>>> of it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and what he is saying can be repulsive
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the final sentence of this article sums it up for me
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> L
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11 September 2017 at 17:18, Patrick McManus <
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://socialistreview.org.uk/427/philip-larkin-racist-
>> bigot-and-poet
>>>>>>> any comments for this oldster ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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