Re: Literary Weekend ???

Posted by Tim Johns on 9/20/99 from wes22.bham.ac.uk:

In Reply to: Literary Weekend ??? posted by Peter Hyland on September 20, 1999 at 10:10:11:

Here's a very quick rundown of my reactions. Stars of the weekend:

1. Christina Hardyment (subbing wittily for Rodney Dingle)
   
2. Wayne Hammond (scholarly discussion of Ransome's might-have-beens.
   The Proceedings will be worth getting for this alone).
   
3. Phyllis Hetzel (for her elegant and witty description of the Newnham
   of Missee Lee, which gently made fun of AR's misunderstandings).
   
4. Brian Alderson (a discussion of Old Peter etc. that will probably
   read better than it was delivered).
   
5. Margaret Ratcliffe (who extended her announced cameo on Ransome's
   siblings).
   
6. Libby Purves & Paul Heiney. Very funny: and no, they didn't pretend
   to have read AR.
   
7. The meals, both 'informal' and 'formal'.
   
8. Trevor Johnston's S&A bow tie for the Saturday dinner.

1. Taqui Altounyan couldn't make the weekend.
   
2. In the Cameo Corner some of the presenters went beyond the limits
   for a cameo, with the result that there was no time for discussion at
   the end
   
3. No opportunity for general discussion of the format for the Literary
   Weekend of 2001.
   
4. The surroundings were imposing, but also pretty noisy at four in the
   morning for those of us in rooms overlooking the punting pool (ducks
   doing their Peggy impersonations!).
   

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