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he's gorn - same way as hitchens

Posted by dan on May 20, 2023, 10:12 pm
Edited by board administrator May 20, 2023, 10:13 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65660768

Was baffled by the "hitchens' comment until I realised you didn't mean Phillip Schofield (nm)

Posted by SueC <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=SueC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2023, 1:36 am, in reply to "he's gorn - same way as hitchens"

New Statesman, '90s, competition for most ludicrous book title. Winner: "My Struggle" by Martin Amis

Posted by Morrissey <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Morrissey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2023, 1:54 am, in reply to "Was baffled by the "hitchens' comment until I realised you didn't mean Phillip Schofield (nm)"

https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2020/04/amis-is-humourless-joke-says-writer.html

Nice one Morrissey. nm.

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2023, 2:12 am, in reply to "New Statesman, '90s, competition for most ludicrous book title. Winner: "My Struggle" by Martin Amis"

Re: New Statesman, '90s, competition for most ludicrous book title. Winner: "My Struggle" by Martin Amis

Posted by johnlilburne <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=johnlilburne' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2023, 12:23 pm, in reply to "New Statesman, '90s, competition for most ludicrous book title. Winner: "My Struggle" by Martin Amis"

Yes, well said.

I take it your piece was a parody of this:

https://archive.ph/nsZSq

I am surprised that such a towering intellect would condescend to comment on such a sordid matter as the leadership of the Labour Party.

Re: New Statesman, '90s, competition for most ludicrous book title. Winner: "My Struggle" by Martin Amis

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2023, 8:07 pm, in reply to "Re: New Statesman, '90s, competition for most ludicrous book title. Winner: "My Struggle" by Martin Amis"

He was right about Corbyn, for all the wrong reasons, the elitist prick.

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Re: he's gorn - same way as hitchens

Posted by psingh <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=psingh' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2023, 6:18 am, in reply to "he's gorn - same way as hitchens"

Time's Arrow is a great read, but Amis was an absolute knut, good riddance.

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