tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post8482036801195741301..comments2024-03-28T20:22:57.854+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: Hilary Mantel - not the villain that everyone thought?Eccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-32822939384537970322015-02-04T07:52:52.675+00:002015-02-04T07:52:52.675+00:00I think that it was Oscar Wilde who said that the ...I think that it was Oscar Wilde who said that the Catholic Church was for Saints and sinners, whereas the Church of England was for respectable people.johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-33387839021230764492015-02-01T21:41:04.569+00:002015-02-01T21:41:04.569+00:00If I had a face like that I wouldn't draw so m...If I had a face like that I wouldn't draw so much attention to myself.Elwin Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16692278986111259028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-73885445783136594102015-01-22T15:59:22.215+00:002015-01-22T15:59:22.215+00:00Saw episode 1. Credit where it's due, Mark Ryl...Saw episode 1. Credit where it's due, Mark Rylance was the best 'lump of wood' since Pinocchio. The director said 'restraint' and he went all out for comatose. And at last we know that Thomas More was an ambitious nasty piece of work and TC was a saint. How did we get it so wrong? Does being 'boss-eyed' help in establishing the truth of such matters? Lepantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487748842744745860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-34292097412737989252015-01-21T19:38:09.364+00:002015-01-21T19:38:09.364+00:00She looks silly anyway!She looks silly anyway!JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-28586184467135551882015-01-21T15:43:36.213+00:002015-01-21T15:43:36.213+00:00I'm sure she intended it as a mortal insult, b...I'm sure she intended it as a mortal insult, but it just makes her look silly.Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-14823359405653128112015-01-21T15:39:24.841+00:002015-01-21T15:39:24.841+00:00Did Ms Mantel really say that the Church was not f...Did Ms Mantel really say that the Church was not for respectable people? I do hope so, because I have never been respectable in my life, and frankly wouldn't have respectability as a gift if it were given away with a pound of tea. I don't think another novelist, whose works have stood the test of time, one GKC, valued respectability or respectable people much either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-28445405219444675322015-01-21T12:34:53.213+00:002015-01-21T12:34:53.213+00:00In the house I grew up in we had a mantelpiece. Wh...In the house I grew up in we had a mantelpiece. Where I live now, such a feature would certainly be an anachronism, but if ever I wished to install such an object, I would certainly want a Mantel Piece at one end, and a Toby Jug at the other.JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-32467865355962629842015-01-20T21:22:03.726+00:002015-01-20T21:22:03.726+00:00"The beautiful Dame Hilary"- I seem to r..."The beautiful Dame Hilary"- I seem to recall a magazine advertising these as masks for Halloween.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.com