Posted by Mike Dennis on September 22, 2005 at 16:18:28 from 84.68.147.163 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Wonderful moment - Here Here! Oo-er! posted by John Nichols on September 22, 2005 at 14:36:01:
John - we seem to be a cross purposes here. I agreed with Peter H's comments regarding AR and that it is a serious matter, in the sense that an enthusiasm for any quality writer would be. I also agree with him that there seems to be an attitude in this country amongst some people that everything has to be for fun and nothing is taken seriously (hence my tongue in cheek comment about fun). As for children (or trying to have them) I do know all about that and what sadness, frustration and eventually marriage break-up it can all lead to.
How we got from AR to there I don't know, but perhaps we can get back to AR and what a great writer he was for children - and for me as a child what made him great was that he took serious matters and wrote about them seriously and the children were never laughed at for their efforts as so often happens in real life.