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Same here as well, Peter. We were keen for him to read to us here in Leicester but he wrote back (as in ink on paper in an envelope) that he was (already then, over a year ago) in too poor health. On 8 March 2011 14:26, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Me too, Peter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Smith > Sent: Mar 8, 2011 7:19 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: R.F. Langley obituary > > thanks for this peter. I 'd like to see the full official version . . . > > > S > > > Simon Smith > Lecturer in Creative Writing > Room NC5, School of English > Rutherford College > University of Kent > Canterbury > CT2 7NX > Email: [log in to unmask] > Phone: 01227 (82)3423 > Consultation Hour: Wednesday 11.15-12.15 and by appointment > > ------------------------------ > *From:* British & Irish poets [[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Peter Riley [[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* 08 March 2011 10:16 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* R.F. Langley obituary > > A kind of summary of my obituary of R.F. Langley is printed in today's > Guardian and accessible via Guardian Online, at > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/07/rf-langley-obituary > > The reason it reads so badly is that 200 words were removed from what I > understood to be the final agreed text. Whole paragraphs vanished. The > photograph is not the one they were asked to use. > > If anyone wants to see the original version I'll send it as an > attachment. > > > PR > > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw "hell is other poets" Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/