tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post8280129778480741982..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: On Edward ThomasBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-23392533142796128552008-02-26T00:43:00.000+00:002008-02-26T00:43:00.000+00:00Guess who wrote the Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog ...Guess who wrote the Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - books: <A HREF="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/02/poem_of_the_week_29.html" REL="nofollow">Poem of the week</A>.Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1608528791519587912008-02-25T21:32:00.000+00:002008-02-25T21:32:00.000+00:00Parini did indeed write about Thomas in his Frost ...Parini did indeed write about Thomas in his Frost biography; see for example <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=rHWqRHJiAlwC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=%22jay+parini%22+%22edward+thomas%22&source=web&ots=mU7_pVejF9&sig=mjJoGh53ba-FcGoDYAajQExilak#PPA179,M1" REL="nofollow">pages 179-181</A>.Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37156407015201531462008-02-25T18:09:00.000+00:002008-02-25T18:09:00.000+00:00I clearly have early Alzheimer's. I glowingly revi...I clearly have early Alzheimer's. I glowingly reviewed Jay Parini's bio. of Robt. Frost a few years ago, yet can't remember Thomas. (Frank -- that was the occasion of our first communication; you liked my review. At least I remember *that*!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37400293084440998922008-02-24T20:37:00.000+00:002008-02-24T20:37:00.000+00:00That's a really good poem. American politics thoug...That's a really good poem. American politics though is very phoney, just listen to Obama's speaches, it's par for the course over there. And why do they always invoke God if it's supposed to be a secular country. It clearly isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-50014262664900978012008-02-24T19:24:00.000+00:002008-02-24T19:24:00.000+00:00Bryan - Scots call havering foolish chat. But 'Th...Bryan - Scots call havering foolish chat. <BR/><BR/>But 'There was no reason for Campbell to be on the BBC's 'flagship' current affairs show - not only because his novel isn't a story but also because Campbell is no longer a story, he's not even a celebrity any more, he's a curiosity.' He has a remarkable political brain, and knows Bush, Clinton, Blair and Brown personally. He had a mental Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3134923233220237192008-02-24T18:57:00.000+00:002008-02-24T18:57:00.000+00:00I am, indeed, privileged to haver such commenters....I am, indeed, privileged to haver such commenters.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-14070905404076815982008-02-24T18:38:00.000+00:002008-02-24T18:38:00.000+00:00It was thanks to the splendidly named, otherwise f...It was thanks to the splendidly named, otherwise forgotten(?) Lascelles Abercrombie, who set up the poetic community at Dymock, that Frost and Thomas came together. Perhaps Abercrombie's greatest contribution to English poetry...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-53360683621641118802008-02-24T18:28:00.000+00:002008-02-24T18:28:00.000+00:00Frost played an important role, as a friend and as...Frost played an important role, as a friend and as a poet, in Thomas's becoming a poet.<BR/><BR/>As Andrew Harold Morton wrote in his essay <A HREF="http://www.literarypotpourri.com/13_Dec/es_dec_01.html" REL="nofollow">"Thomas and Frost at Dymock - August 1914"</A>:<BR/><BR/>'Frost and Thomas had met a few times in London and Leddington (which has, incidentally, three alternative spellings) Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29245289037058994512008-02-24T17:31:00.000+00:002008-02-24T17:31:00.000+00:00Edward Thomas was also Robert Frost's closest frie...Edward Thomas was also Robert Frost's closest friend when Frost lived in England. I think he even influenced Frost. Certainly Frost can be thought of as an American Georgian.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-80777262855243774462008-02-24T16:09:00.000+00:002008-02-24T16:09:00.000+00:00Susan, Susan - Thomas is the greatest of all our W...Susan, Susan - Thomas is the greatest of all our WWI poets (and was indeed killed in that spot of bother). Get on to Amazon and buy his surprisingly slim Complete Poems - you won't be sorry. He got better as he went along and, by the time a sniper's bullet had him, he was writing one small masterpiece after another.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6983115132903700152008-02-24T16:07:00.000+00:002008-02-24T16:07:00.000+00:00I think I conflated Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves...I think I conflated Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves and came up with "Rupert." Not that anyone cares, but still....<BR/><BR/>So who WAS Edward Thomas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-66899360162026241922008-02-24T15:10:00.000+00:002008-02-24T15:10:00.000+00:00At least you are not harassed by people trying to ...At least you are not harassed by people trying to make you read Spike Milligan and Pam Ayres.. really my nerves are shot to pieces...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-81056413675697883912008-02-24T14:45:00.000+00:002008-02-24T14:45:00.000+00:00I know one thing Edward Thomas does not seem to ha...I know one thing Edward Thomas does not seem to have known: *Nothing* is sweeter than love.<BR/><BR/>BTW, his is not a name I know, but by his dates, looks like he died in WW I. Should I know this fellow? Is he up there with Rupert, et al?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21203192293511657322008-02-24T11:03:00.000+00:002008-02-24T11:03:00.000+00:00I don't know about poetry, however I enjoyed the s...I don't know about poetry, however I enjoyed the skaters much more than the glory. <BR/>I don't know about politics much either which is probably worse.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-44413470600567150902008-02-24T11:00:00.000+00:002008-02-24T11:00:00.000+00:00Nobody knows anything any more, Selena - it is one...Nobody knows anything any more, Selena - it is one of the defining characteristics of our age, at least in this benighted country - in that, at least, the Campbell/Blair crowd were representative.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47635559104538509772008-02-24T10:30:00.001+00:002008-02-24T10:30:00.001+00:00THIS IS NOT A JOKE! (I saw it with my own eyes) Wh...THIS IS NOT A JOKE! <BR/>(I saw it with my own eyes)<BR/> <BR/>When Alistair Campbell was asked on <B>Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?</B> (ITV1 26.? 8.06) as to which country, in 1973, entertained a space-station called >Skylab<: <BR/><BR/>France - Russia - UK - USA? <BR/><BR/>Alistair opted for France. (!!!)<BR/><BR/>The USA? He categorically ruled that out. He though it might actually have beenSelena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45981133681573732342008-02-24T10:30:00.000+00:002008-02-24T10:30:00.000+00:00I've just watched Andrew Marr interview Ken Living...I've just watched Andrew Marr interview Ken Livingstone in what was probably the softest interview of a politician in living memory. Marr asked rhetorical questions, gave Livingstone his out before he even had to answer and behaved like he was having a chat with a good friend he had no intention of upsetting. At one point the former (?) red was asked if he would tax 4x4's, Porsche's and other Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-30732438614104952002008-02-24T10:23:00.000+00:002008-02-24T10:23:00.000+00:00I suppose Campbell was on there by way of reciproc...I suppose Campbell was on there by way of reciprocity for past interviews, as well as because he exudes a sort of forthright blokeishness that Paxman relates to. Both operate under the delusion that they are 'writers', rather than just media 'celebrities' who get paid a lot of money to write books. Why anyone else should be interested in this cosy circle defeats me; a question surely for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com