Does Nick Jenkins return to has school while one of his sons is a student? That would have to be in TK or HSH but I can't find it. It may be that I'm...
You're right about the film. Nick (at this point played by John Standing) does watch a son play football. There is no scene in the novels where we see a son....
"Star of India" will be the site of the May 2 Northeast AP Luncheon. Address is 15 W 44th Street (close to Grand Central). Starting time is 12 noon sharp. ...
Edwin Bock
eabock@...
Apr 1, 2009 8:38 pm
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May 2 NY AP Luncheon site is JEWEL of India, not Star of India. (More romantic, n'est pas?) When Eileen joined me for lunch there yesterday, I saw stars. But...
Edwin Bock
eabock@...
Apr 2, 2009 2:15 am
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When I first read Dance in the late 1970's I was living in Washington, DC, and would dine frequently at the "Star of India." On every visit---maybe 25---I was...
James, for our Powell-Waugh discussion we need keen commentators with chequered pasts. For our Belkin play, we need a mature character actor. If you can join...
Edwin Bock
eabock@...
Apr 2, 2009 1:39 pm
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Ed, I understand that the playwright and the actors can hold differing views of a particular work. Having originated the role of Belkin at the Connecticut...
AP-ers weighing whether to travel to NY for the May 2 luncheon may want to consider that May 2 is the closing date of the Grolier Club's magnificent Vivat Rex...
Edwin Bock
eabock@...
Apr 2, 2009 8:11 pm
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In Leslie Mitchell's biography of Maurice Bowra he offers at the beginning a number of possible derivations for the name which would suggest that the "ow"...
Knowing the ridiculous snobbery about the pronunciation of names in English (see Cholmondely-Majoribanks) it would not surprise me to find some port-nosed,...
Nick Booth
sheepdoctor@...
Apr 4, 2009 8:50 am
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NeŽer a bowra nor a lender be? .../ Bowraing, moreover, never solves problems. Peter ...it would not surprise me to find some port-nosed, tweed-attired old ...
"Ah, yes; Borrower; had a chap here once who went further. Insisted it was *Borra*, like the way a Cockney would say 'borrow'. I settled the argument in the...
Nick Booth
sheepdoctor@...
Apr 4, 2009 11:42 am
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Splendid troublemaking piece in the New York Observer yesterday entitled 'Dance to the Music of Geithner' by the business pundit Michael M. Thomas includes the...
I've always sort of fluffed by W's speech,but your post made me want to look closely at it. I don't know if there's ever been a close reading of it published...
Critic James Wood, in reviewing 2 new volumes of Orwell's essays in "A Fine Rage", cites the following to contend that Orwell's origins were "upper middle...
We are pleased to announce that the 5th Anthony Powell Conference is open for booking! 5th Biennial Anthony Powell Conference Thursday 10 to Saturday 12...
Great news. In my (relative) youth I spent considerable time on the Washington, DC version of the journey between the Aubusson carpet and the sawdust floor...
Apologies for the bad formatting in the previous entry ... We are pleased to announce that the 5th Anthony Powell Conference is open for booking! 5th Biennial...
That is a great idea.... ... From: james@... To: aplist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:31 am Subject: Re: [aplist] 2009 AP Conference ...
Nicbirns@...
Apr 13, 2009 2:47 pm
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We are pleased to announce ... Collage for Fun Afternoon Saturday 30 May 2009 The Wheatsheaf, Rathbone Place, London, W1 1330 to 1630 hrs Collage, which was...
And, of course, there is no more target-rich environment for a Bring Your Own Widmerpool event. An outdoor stadium of moderate size would be required. ...
We are pleased to announce ... Tour of Bodleian Library, Oxford & Pub Lunch Saturday 27 June 2009 Meet: 1015 hrs prompt, Bodleian Library Main Entrance Cost:...
Keith, I should like to come on this event. Shall I send you my card payment details, or maybe you already have them? Tony Tony Robinson Phone +44 (0)1394...
colneis@...
Apr 13, 2009 7:36 pm
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Reminder from: aplist Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aplist/cal Tristram Powell's Birthday Saturday April 25, 2009 All Day (This event repeats...
aplist@yahoogroups.com
Apr 24, 2009 10:44 pm
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Hello Came across this on Thursday April 23rd in The Times, thought it might be of interest. It is an interview with Michael Frayn about his play (Alphabetical...
Does anyone know what novel he is referring to? Tracey ...this seemed one of several hints of change that had become noticeable lately, suggesting those times...
ThereŽs yet another passage - giving up for now. ... Von: aplist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:aplist@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von Peter Kislinger Gesendet:...
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