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Apr 1, 2004 9:50 am
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Yes, Peter, I meant Mister M...it seems he is the most major character never given a first name...given that Jenkins was at least a good friend of Moreland who...
Nicbirns@...
Apr 1, 2004 11:37 am
9567
... Maclintick's first name could of course have been known to Jenkins, but just never used. Just as some people go through like always known by a nickname,...
OK, Peter, now I comprehend - in this instance none of the usual signs of a quote are there: X said that "...." or >> marks, or quotation marks, or text in a...
norn@...
Apr 3, 2004 10:02 am
9569
Marshall, ... In rural areas, the army, amongst county families and other conservative sections of British society (with a 'Marshall the Computer' Welsh ...
Julian Allason
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Apr 3, 2004 10:53 am
9570
Re the Maclintick first name connundrum, remember that we don't find out Nick Jenkins's first name until the second volume of the series. He is "Jenkins" to...
... Higher civil servants in Britain and India used to address colleagues by their last names in what were officially termed -- in the ICS and IAS, anyway --...
Edwin Bock
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Apr 3, 2004 1:54 pm
9572
Oh, Noreen --- thank you for investigating. What a relief! Feels like being cleared of a hideous crime. Posterity had a right to know. Truth will out! Peter...
... women ... Andrew ... whether the ... The ... ceramic ... full-sized ... To All: The problem with having a Widmerpool for men and a Pammie for women is that...
... Sally makes a good point. It's hard to imagine Widmerpool, even as a child, throwing up in the baptismal font (as Pamela is at least alleged to have done...
This from yesterday's Guardian review of new novel by gay writer Allan Hollinghurst. Not sure if AP would have enjoyed 'fairy' or 'queer' (two epithets used in...
Colin Donald
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Apr 11, 2004 7:15 am
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Colin quoted ... Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 last week Mr Hollinghurst objected to being describes as 'a gay writer', before adding that he wrote almost...
Julian Allason
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Apr 11, 2004 8:11 pm
9577
This from essay by historian Christopher Harvie 'The Case of the Postmodernist's Sore Thumb', in Scotland in Theory - reflections on culture & literature ed...
Colin Donald
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Apr 12, 2004 6:36 am
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... Lots of Ian Rankin fans around outside Scotland, Colin! He is very well known at least throughout the UK and regularly appears on national radio etc. And...
Thanks Keith, have you ever approached him on AP matters? ... From: <kcm@...> To: <aplist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:59 AM Subject:...
Colin Donald
cdonald@...
Apr 12, 2004 9:49 am
9580
... Yes, the Society has, but I cannot disclose more at present. Keith ... Dr Keith C Marshall APLIST Owner & Hon. Secretary, The Anthony Powell Society...
Colin Donald wrote: Ian Rankin's enthusiasm for AP is mentioned quite often in interviews etc.I'm not sure how famous/well-regarded he is outside of Scotland,...
I think the answer to your question ... has to be yes, Colin: very well regarded in many countries. I'm definitely a fan, and was recommended the Rebus novels...
norn@...
Apr 12, 2004 9:15 pm
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I checked out the Ian Rankin-supply in one of Stockholms largest bookshops and found it ample, with a few translations into Swedish as well. His name also...
Isn't it interesting how AP, without ever 'showing' us either fictional painter's oeuvre, convinces us that, though both Deacon and Isbister, RA, are 'bad'...
Nicbirns@...
Apr 13, 2004 12:11 pm
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... I'd only own an Isbister if I was related to the sitter. Having said that, I wouldn't mind viewing 'Clergyman Eating an Apple', purely for its potential...
Stephen Holden
s.holden@...
Apr 13, 2004 1:18 pm
9586
... What a great question, great thought! I'd love to own Boyhood of Cyrus, mostly because I share the Barbara Goring associations, right along with Nick....
... are ... should ... to own ... I like the idea of Art as Teacher -- That must have been one of the purposes of History paintings. Doesn't Nicholas sketch...
Jeanne's mail
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Apr 13, 2004 1:49 pm
9588
First alert to all East Coasters: We are planning to meet at Silvermine Tavern, Norwalk CT on Saturday, May 3rd aat 12:30 pm. For directions and menu go to...
leatricefountain@...
Apr 13, 2004 5:12 pm
9589
I am not sure that he completely convinces us that they are bad painters, or even wants to. There is a suggestion throughout the series that Nick's aesthetic ...
Of course the East Coasters will be meeting on May Day, NOT on May third. Very sorry. I was looking at the April calendar. Jeanne, I hope you will be around...
leatricefountain@...
Apr 14, 2004 8:03 am
9591
I'm not sure I'd want an Isbister or a Deacon either, unless someone is going to bequeath me one which I can sell for a vastly inflated fashionable sum. If I...
I have just been emailed the following. I don't know any more thatn this. No doubt the programme will be in German, of which I am shamefully ignorant. If...
Michael MAAR is a brilliant academic whose writing skills match his detective prowess. He?s just been in the TLS following his findings about a possible source...
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