Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 
RIP Clive James 
Author Message
I haven't seen my friends in so long
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
Posts: 5975
Reply with quote
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.

Quote:
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."

_________________
"I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet." - Stanislaw Lem


Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:23 pm
Profile
Doesn't have much of a life
User avatar

Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm
Posts: 1798
Location: Manchester
Reply with quote
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.

_________________
* Steve *

* Witty statement goes here *


Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:46 pm
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Reply to topic   [ 2 posts ] 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 35 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Designed by ST Software.