One of my very greatest heroes. Up there with Shaksper and Milton! And when you think about it, you Archived Message Posted by RhG on January 2, 2020, 1:28 am, in reply to "Re: Naughty John! Mangling the great Yorkshire poet (with the Cymreig name :) )... NOM" realise that all his oeuvre is written in the muscular English of Yorkshire - quite specifically. Sometimes you can even hear the accent bleeding through into his readings. Yorkshire English was my original learning ground for the language. Ted's glorious speech always seems like home to me... PS: Do you know 'Gaudete'? At treat in store if you don't. A great masterpiece of English-language poetry, now widely overlooked. Message Thread: Mad Mel on antisemitism - johnlilburne January 1, 2020, 1:21 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - johnlilburne January 1, 2020, 1:29 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - Mary January 1, 2020, 2:01 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - AlanG January 1, 2020, 2:34 pm Naughty John! Mangling the great Yorkshire poet (with the Cymreig name :) )... NOM - RhG January 1, 2020, 11:52 pm Re: Naughty John! Mangling the great Yorkshire poet (with the Cymreig name :) )... NOM - johnlilburne January 2, 2020, 12:45 am One of my very greatest heroes. Up there with Shaksper and Milton! And when you think about it, you - RhG January 2, 2020, 1:28 am Shakespeare didn't exist - was a group of writers under a common name. - Shyaku January 2, 2020, 2:15 am At least we always know when you're doing a deliberate troll wind-up, Shy! For laffs. :) NOM - RhG January 2, 2020, 9:36 am PS: Will, and all his family, called themselves Shaksper. (various spellings) Why do we think it - RhG January 2, 2020, 9:51 am PPS: What has all this to do with Mad Mel's deranged zionism...? Nothing, I guess. NOM - RhG January 2, 2020, 9:55 am Yeah right. - Shyaku January 3, 2020, 1:14 am Didn't exist, RhG .. - Shyaku January 3, 2020, 1:13 am Re: One of my very greatest heroes. Up there with Shaksper and Milton! And when you think about it, you - johnlilburne January 2, 2020, 12:12 pm Some of his lines make me shiver with goose-pimples, every time I hear them. This one from 'Season - Rhisiart Gwilym January 2, 2020, 7:08 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - johnlilburne January 1, 2020, 1:56 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - AlanG January 1, 2020, 2:24 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - johnlilburne January 1, 2020, 3:53 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - Kenneth January 1, 2020, 6:47 pm Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - johnlilburne January 2, 2020, 12:30 am Re: Mad Mel on antisemitism - Kenneth January 2, 2020, 2:40 am They're feeding the beast; it's a win-win. nm - Jamie January 1, 2020, 2:14 pm Mad Mel is the biggest purveyor of identity politics and victim culture on the planet - nm - psingh January 1, 2020, 8:51 pm Number of Palestinians in their global diaspora - Mary January 1, 2020, 9:15 pm   Searching