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Author:  Paul1965 [ Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:23 pm ]
Post subject:  RIP Clive James

Clive James died on Sunday and you can't help feeling that someone with a great intellect and sense of humour has passed on. I must have read and re-read his Unreliable Memoirs at least ten times and it never failed to make me laugh.

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Any encounter with James, either in print or in person, left you desperate to go and open a book, watch a film or a TV show, or hunt down a recording," said Don Paterson, poetry editor at James's publisher Picador.

"With Clive's passing we lose the wisest and funniest of writers, a loyal and kind friend, and the most finely-stocked mind we will ever have the fortune to encounter."

Author:  steve74 [ Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: RIP Clive James

Indeed, loved his shows and in interviews he always came across as a genuinely likeable guy. R.I.P.

Edit: caught the end of Mary Beard’s interview with Clive James on BBC 2 tonight, I expect this is on the iPlayer. Despite in frail health, he still had a twinkle in his eyes and a keen sense of humour. Such a sad loss.

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