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A few years back I went to a screening by the director of about an hour of footage he shot with Burroughs having tea (very much like two English gents) with Francis Bacon. Really lovely, fascinating stuff and per the director there's loads of footage which was unused sitting somewhere unmarked in the BBC archives which he hasn't been able to locate.
posted by ProfessorPluggy at 8:38 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2009
Thanks for the feedback! I'm not a great believer in attaching numerical scores to unquantifiable things - my star ratings an be a bit arbitrary. Or random. If I have a system, it's to grade books against my expectation. With Surtees, my feeling was that he was enjoyable to read, but not surprisingly enjoyable, not as much of a revelation as various people had led me to think. I suppose he might deserve another star, but no more than 3 1/2. I was interested to try him, and will probably read some more some time, but I'd probably still rather read Thackeray or Trollope.
I should listen to R4 more, though - I keep missing good things like that.
Mark
posted by thorold at 4:39 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2009
posted by death.hilarious at 5:52 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2009
Yes, that dark underbelly of Italy scratched out a few fleas. Was the Hindu book of manners that I see in your stacks any good?
posted by authorknows at 12:59 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009
Some day soon I shall try to work out a reading plan and set aside a short period every day for Greek, but I'm not sure when I'll get around to it.
posted by TabbyTom at 6:11 am (EST) on Jan 26, 2009
posted by noah at 9:36 am (EST) on Apr 23, 2008