tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post3113169062347628954..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : “Men of power have not time to read”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-34665147373699048232016-07-21T22:47:31.985+03:002016-07-21T22:47:31.985+03:00I bet Home read Fly Fishing, by his predecessor as...I bet Home read Fly Fishing, by his predecessor as Foreign Secretary, Edward Grey.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-54672405067505328942013-09-07T08:17:47.185+03:002013-09-07T08:17:47.185+03:00A film I loved.A film I loved.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-17521648585102541482013-04-14T09:00:01.818+03:002013-04-14T09:00:01.818+03:00Leslie Howard I agree very.
to vali_nash, I never...Leslie Howard I agree very.<br /><br />to vali_nash, I never watch weather on t.v. except when Prince Charles is the weatherman. I thought he was very good. I almost think if he would take it up regularly I would watch. But really I know I wouldn't. I'd enjoy vignettes about gardening but I just couldn't bear the global warming bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-71401291344638843432013-04-13T12:44:30.503+03:002013-04-13T12:44:30.503+03:00I love Leslie Howard - the ideal Englishman.I love Leslie Howard - the ideal Englishman.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-53908615283225570712013-04-13T11:56:57.136+03:002013-04-13T11:56:57.136+03:00It's late around here but for now my bleary ey...It's late around here but for now my bleary eyes can say, I too love 'That Hamilton Woman'. And I'll raise a glass to Mr. Korda, Hear Hear! And to Bloody Below with the Mafia(s) all. It's very disheartening that these vile people are so "enchanting" to so many. And besides, I never liked I forgot his Name. And for fun I was going to say, I only saw 'That Hamilton Woman' thirty-nine times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-58661619335656751002013-04-13T11:01:39.414+03:002013-04-13T11:01:39.414+03:00I love that film which I saw at 14 at the NFT and ...I love that film which I saw at 14 at the NFT and all Korda films. Korda took friends out to lunch the day he was naturalised and proposed a toast 'To hell with all damn foreigners.'Exactly the right type of immigrant. Hitler's favourite film which he watched over and over was lives of a bengal Lancer, which I can imagine Churchill loving. Stalin loved Tarzan which I always thought an utter bore. Did he like Deanna Durbin too? My memory is fuzzy. Saddam loved The Godfather which I do ot wish to see. I hate the Mafia and glorifications of psychopaths.<br />Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-58232821847661175642013-04-13T10:33:36.743+03:002013-04-13T10:33:36.743+03:00Don't know why when I think of Churchill I alw...Don't know why when I think of Churchill I always think of this. I read that Churchill said that he watched " That Hamilton Woman " eighty-seven times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-16309245123939905992013-04-12T13:37:37.376+03:002013-04-12T13:37:37.376+03:00He was a fine prose writer but his biography of Be...He was a fine prose writer but his biography of Bevan is useless as history. He was a great speaker but wrong about almost everything except Europe. I think he was wrong about reform of the House of lords where he teamed up with Enoch Powell but thst was before my time and it is a complicated question.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-69746219965649598502013-04-12T13:35:32.503+03:002013-04-12T13:35:32.503+03:00I still believe Foot took money from the Russians ...I still believe Foot took money from the Russians for Tribune.<br />Foot would have seen no harm in it?Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-50466047487813409912013-04-12T11:41:30.324+03:002013-04-12T11:41:30.324+03:00Prince Charles reads weather on BBC Scotland<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2012/may/10/prince-charles-weather-bbc-scotland-video" rel="nofollow">Prince Charles reads weather on BBC Scotland</a>Rocky's Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598345529585804624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-12125069015604140002013-04-12T11:34:42.374+03:002013-04-12T11:34:42.374+03:00Hee hee.Hee hee.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-13804212379416891242013-04-12T11:25:47.025+03:002013-04-12T11:25:47.025+03:00As for Mr. Ponta, he does not read either, as he d...As for Mr. Ponta, he does not read either, as he discovered that it's easier to simply copy and paste.Rocky's Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598345529585804624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-15038054491909185212013-04-12T10:48:50.689+03:002013-04-12T10:48:50.689+03:00Thatcher read Kipling? Really? No wonder I liked h...Thatcher read Kipling? Really? No wonder I liked her, I was raised on Kipling. And Homer. And the Arthurian legends. And James Fenimore Cooper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-47778480702609447872013-04-12T08:14:11.061+03:002013-04-12T08:14:11.061+03:00I have to say I am impressed that you knew what al...I have to say I am impressed that you knew what all these people were reading, Paul! My father was obsessed with the "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" and Homer. Hope that puts him int he same league as Churchill. hahaha. Think I might skip a lot of Horace, even though I do like Baldwin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-37012762212121125792013-04-12T08:03:44.158+03:002013-04-12T08:03:44.158+03:00Speaking of Michael Foot's literariness, there...Speaking of Michael Foot's literariness, there's this lovely story about him turning up to watch his beloved Plymouth Argyle: 'Arriving for a recent away game at Selhurst Park, a steward asked the ninetysomething Foot whether he was carrying an offensive weapon, whereupon he produced a battered copy of Milton's selected poems, explaining that Milton's poetry represented one of the most potent weapons in English history.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-44402608595386297302013-04-12T08:00:56.514+03:002013-04-12T08:00:56.514+03:00Not wishing to speak ill of the recently dead, but...Not wishing to speak ill of the recently dead, but didn't Mrs Thatcher once say she was RE-reading Frederick Forsyth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com