Martin: > inept scholarship and inept [with the > exception of Fenton] journalism. Just to clarify, I don't think Fenton's piece on Padel was inept -- anything but! Seems to me to have negotiated a tricky area between libel and truth, better than I could have done. ... but it was slanted .... "As well as being a scientist , Sir Humphry Davies was a poet..." Tell the trut but tell it slant .... The Sainted Emily must be laughing herself sick in her grave over this. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Walker" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:22 PM Subject: Re: poetry professor >>> it looks set to become much, much worse.<< > Sounds like a microcosm of UK society, Robin, he chortled in his glee > (it's > the human stain...) > mj