tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post3675777201812338514..comments2024-03-27T12:08:02.812+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: WH, WB, and why Samuel West is the only man in Britain who should be allowed to read poetry aloud.Tania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-30803340662026827402010-11-09T14:14:21.944+00:002010-11-09T14:14:21.944+00:00Alex - Thanks so much for Richard Armitage recomme...Alex - Thanks so much for Richard Armitage recommendation. Keep bashing on with the poetry; I think it is so worth it. There is nothing else that does quite the same thing. (If I can say that without dying of pretentiousness.)<br /><br />Rose - Bright Star sounds fabulous. I love that pale, poetic Ben Wishaw and if he can read Keats then he goes straight up into my pantheon.<br /><br />Mr Cambridge Jones - compliment from you on my paltry snaps is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Write me any crazy thing you like and we shall do swapsies.<br /><br />Lilyanne - the BUGGERS. That kind of thing has me shouting at the wireless like a demnented old woman. So sorry about missing the iPlayer. I am always finding things at the last minute but think it is still worth posting the link, just in case someone comes to the blog in time. Am quite conscious it may get frustrating though.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-73354043151641595872010-11-09T13:46:49.264+00:002010-11-09T13:46:49.264+00:00I'm so sorry I missed the 'listen again...I'm so sorry I missed the 'listen again' facility. I should check your blog on an hourly basis to make sure of catching treasures.<br /><br />On the Today programme this morning I heard Fiona Shaw read "Shall I compare thee..." - and she was utterly brilliant, except - and this is unforgivable - THEY CUT THE LAST SIX LINES. I was waiting in excitement to hear how she handled the key change of "But thy eternal summer shall not fade..." and the buggers cut her off. <br /><br />Sorry for swearing, but really.lillyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752638206153634574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-29378382826390685932010-11-09T12:55:21.397+00:002010-11-09T12:55:21.397+00:00Lovely photos....can I write while you snap....? x...Lovely photos....can I write while you snap....? xCambridge Joneshttp://www.cambridgejones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-62040778299475015862010-11-09T08:52:02.822+00:002010-11-09T08:52:02.822+00:00sadly I fear I have missed the chance to listen to...sadly I fear I have missed the chance to listen to this but it does sound beautiful- and there should be more poetry- but good for the BBC for having some.<br /><br />I have quite the crush on Sam West- I love his choices, his devotion to his causes and his talent. He's on twitter you know @exitthelemming.<br /><br />Did you see the film Bright Star? Ben Whishaw played Keats and there is a version of him reading La Belle Dame Sans Merci on the soundtrack which you can download- you can probably find it on you tube too. Obviously it is quite different but I think it's lovely.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-63598213398190368982010-11-09T00:18:11.533+00:002010-11-09T00:18:11.533+00:00I am a total philistine when it comes to poetry bu...I am a total philistine when it comes to poetry but I'm hoping one day I'll appreciate it. I do have a mighty tome of Auden's poetry in the to-read pile so perhaps November is the month. <br /><br />Samuel West has the most glorious voice. I have an audiobook of The Lives Of Christopher Chant which he reads and it's just perfection. The only thing that vaguely approaches it is Richard Armitage doing the Heyer audiobooks but alas, they're the abridged versions.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337968500120821387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-31332359684952709762010-11-08T17:34:39.919+00:002010-11-08T17:34:39.919+00:00Cassie - how lovely you are. And so right about th...Cassie - how lovely you are. And so right about the stupid cut and pasting. That is exactly what I did and then all hell broke loose with the fonts and formats. Excellent advice for the future, thank you.<br /><br />BYT - wow. Now I am even more pleased that I chose history rather than English at university. That is obviously why I have no clue who is allowed in the canon and who is not.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-61876818633948673852010-11-08T16:33:09.673+00:002010-11-08T16:33:09.673+00:00Oh how I agree about 'fashion' in art of a...Oh how I agree about 'fashion' in art of all sorts. Good is good as is.... and sings several octave's higher than the massed choir of mediocrity. And I love Yeats. Need to read more Auden and more Eliot.<br /><br />I have a theory. Of three recently retired senior heads of English - TWO have at different times exclaimed a violent hatred of Eliot and castigate him as a charlatan and chancer. The other, educated separately took me conspiratorially into her love of Eliot. <br /><br />I would say, find their University tutors (doubtless long gone) and you have the culprit for this travesty.BrightYangThinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160676752288900248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-85865571090316824652010-11-08T15:29:37.216+00:002010-11-08T15:29:37.216+00:00What a banquet. Beautiful poetry, beautiful photog...What a banquet. Beautiful poetry, beautiful photographs and a great funny story (the bit about the rug dealer made me laugh out loud).<br /><br />It looks to me as though the formatting problems arise because you've copied & pasted the poem from another website? I usually circumvent these things by pasting into NotePad first (which strips out any random formatting that you may have picked up) and then cutting it out of there and pasting it into the blog. If you're feeling really daring, you can have a look at the 'edit html' tab to see what's going on...<br /><br />... but we understand you anyway, so I wouldn't worry too much!Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531093715654362821noreply@blogger.com