tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post5547579389025227439..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Me, Me, Me...and CliveBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21191501619820780402007-03-07T16:35:00.000+00:002007-03-07T16:35:00.000+00:00Yes, Bryan, you are adorable, but I'm not prepared...Yes, Bryan, you are adorable, but I'm not prepared to fight the southern wife over your divine cleft chin! However, if I could have a fantasy dinner party, it would include you, Clive James, and Bill Nighy. I'd just sit and listen....<BR/><BR/>James wrote what is perhaps the best essay I've yet read on Tom Stoppard. It came out so long ago, though, that I had to ask Frank Wilson if James were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43954038951411607592007-03-07T05:44:00.000+00:002007-03-07T05:44:00.000+00:00Thanks for noticing Sand Storm. At least Wife in t...Thanks for noticing Sand Storm. At least Wife in the Sarf gets me, though she does appear to be on the verge of a transatlantic cat fight.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-50041552023863090172007-03-06T22:10:00.000+00:002007-03-06T22:10:00.000+00:00But the face now seems truer to the man somehow. S...But the face now seems truer to the man somehow. <BR/><BR/>Sigh. <BR/><BR/>And back off Balee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89414682186469862212007-03-06T20:39:00.000+00:002007-03-06T20:39:00.000+00:00Good God man they used your baby picture! How old ...Good God man they used your baby picture! How old is Monica? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65994075642675659332007-03-06T17:58:00.000+00:002007-03-06T17:58:00.000+00:00Rebel, that all's crap on the RSA site. I'm talkin...Rebel, that all's crap on the RSA site. I'm talking about new technology and politics, definitely no immigration about which I have no views of interest. Unless they have tricked me....Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-56163263539856125522007-03-06T17:46:00.000+00:002007-03-06T17:46:00.000+00:00Though looking at the much-hyped R Davies Joycean ...Though looking at the much-hyped R Davies Joycean piece, I find it as tedious as the Joyce it parodies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27719824261959463002007-03-06T15:00:00.000+00:002007-03-06T15:00:00.000+00:00Modesty aside, for all your fans Bryan, here is a ...Modesty aside, for all your fans Bryan, here is a link to the live aidio of RSA session today where you are on the top billing!<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.rsa.org.uk/audio/<BR/><BR/>Denied Entry: Can we build a more progressive consensus on immigration?<BR/><BR/>06 March 2007 18.00<BR/>Speakers: Brian Appleyard, Mick Fealty, Peter Kellner, Ewan McIntosh, Mark O’Neill, George Osborne, Matthew TaylorRebel with Causehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597285460794139245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-15498248543724088342007-03-06T14:15:00.000+00:002007-03-06T14:15:00.000+00:00See, that's what I was thinking. Like two lion cub...See, that's what I was thinking. Like two lion cubs pawing at each other. <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq6wfvKb74Y" REL="nofollow">Villeneuve and Arnoux</A>, banging wheels in the final laps at Dijon in 1979, then getting out at the end of the race with big smiles on their faces.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-51061929922439571422007-03-06T14:04:00.000+00:002007-03-06T14:04:00.000+00:00Heh - yes, that might be a very English thing. Pos...Heh - yes, that might be a very English thing. Possibly. I have an old school friend with whom I share an entirely abusive relationship. We won't see each other for a few years, and then upon meeting will greet each other with something like "Oh it's you, is it, you ugly f****ng t***?"<BR/><BR/>Americans will say it's because we have too much embarrassment about emotions and whatnot, but I argue Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37828451517025884022007-03-06T14:00:00.000+00:002007-03-06T14:00:00.000+00:00God, how right you are, Brit.God, how right you are, Brit.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-51257721834429015382007-03-06T13:58:00.000+00:002007-03-06T13:58:00.000+00:00No, no, no, Gordon, I like a slight edge to things...No, no, no, Gordon, I like a slight edge to things. My friend Grabber, a commenter and distinguished man in the literary game, and I share an entirely abusive friendship.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-23151574568123700022007-03-06T13:57:00.000+00:002007-03-06T13:57:00.000+00:00You sly old dog, Bryan.Meanwhile, Kevin Maher in S...You sly old dog, Bryan.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, Kevin Maher in Saturday's Times <A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1452611.ece" REL="nofollow">demonstrates how</A> NOT to conduct an interview with an impossibly beautiful actress.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-90871976828779725142007-03-06T13:53:00.000+00:002007-03-06T13:53:00.000+00:00Now I feel guilty. And you've never been less than...Now I feel guilty. And you've never been less than generous Bryan.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-18902022858269422152007-03-06T13:31:00.000+00:002007-03-06T13:31:00.000+00:00Ah, Gordon, you have a tiny knife in me these days...Ah, Gordon, you have a tiny knife in me these days.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26901716458955483922007-03-06T12:06:00.000+00:002007-03-06T12:06:00.000+00:00"Passion is not a big film...and it’s unlikely to ..."Passion is not a big film...and it’s unlikely to be blockbuster."<BR/><BR/>As they say in Hollywood, nobody knows anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-32692272154753436852007-03-06T10:36:00.000+00:002007-03-06T10:36:00.000+00:00Clive James is indeed a colossus. I originally cam...Clive James is indeed a colossus. I originally came across him through his interest in Grand Prix racing. It was Clive who described Murray Walker as sounding, even in his calmest moments, like a man with his trousers on fire. In an <A HREF="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,803150,00.html" REL="nofollow">Obsever article from 1984</A>, he memorably pointed out that "the cars all look Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.com