tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post115193422938992717..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Oh, for goodness sake...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1152023156065768782006-07-04T15:25:00.000+01:002006-07-04T15:25:00.000+01:00In Alan Hollinghurst's (really quite boring, secon...In Alan Hollinghurst's (really quite boring, second-rate <I>Brideshead Revisited</I> imitation) <I>The Line of Beauty</I>, Mrs. Thatcher is frequently described as beautiful and alluring. I can't decide if this is yet another instance of Hollinghurst poking fun at Torys (which, indeed, seems to have been his primary motivation in writing the novel), or a genuine representation of the feeing at the time.<BR/><BR/>Read <I>Cloud Atlas</I> instead.Abigail Nussbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562462228380637583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1151940550595028122006-07-03T16:29:00.000+01:002006-07-03T16:29:00.000+01:00This made me think on the analogy you often use ab...This made me think on the analogy you often use about the new Dr. Who being like New Labour/ Blair. Both have sold out a lot of what people liked about their brands way back when in order to become popular now.<BR/><BR/>The next logical step, which I can't remember seeing you post anywhere, is that both are a damn site better than the alternatives on offer.<BR/><BR/>I'd like a Real Labour party which did things like nationalise railways, spend more on the NHS etc. In the same way old style Dr Who would be nice.<BR/><BR/>But that isn't on the menu. The alternative to modern, Buffyised, hyped, short-attention span Dr Who is face removingly mindless sludge fronted by Graham Norton, or whatever junk ITV are running in the same slot. The alternative to New Labour is a Conservative party that is currently trying to work out how to demolish human rights laws.<BR/><BR/>And back at your original point - I thought the whole attraction of Jonathan Ross was that he's bound to say something "lewd and obscene" anyway.BlueTack Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919180392258310091noreply@blogger.com