Elsewhere, James says Waugh’s idealised version of a Catholic landed gentry upholding Britain’s values was a personal fantasy. Why does he seem all for it here?
we need interviewers like Clive now, rather than the ignorance and self serving ones we have now of younger generation who can't formulate questions beyond the banal eg food, relationships and low culture which most intelligent people aren't interested in. I'm a different age from Clive but I'm reassured that he too is appalled by dominance of low and ignorant culture.
Imagine basing your entire world-view on the opinion of imaginary friends. How can it be ‘unfair’ to criticise the Catholic Church for burning people at the stake, how it can by any less wrong simply because others did it?
Intelligent, artful, literate conversation, and on the Web, of all places: will miracles never cease?
Elsewhere, James says Waugh’s idealised version of a Catholic landed gentry upholding Britain’s values was a personal fantasy.
Why does he seem all for it here?
we need interviewers like Clive now, rather than the ignorance and self serving ones we have now of younger generation who can't formulate questions beyond the banal eg food, relationships and low culture which most intelligent people aren't interested in. I'm a different age from Clive but I'm reassured that he too is appalled by dominance of low and ignorant culture.
He’d be more appalled at the sloppiness of your prose.
Imagine basing your entire world-view on the opinion of imaginary friends.
How can it be ‘unfair’ to criticise the Catholic Church for burning people at the stake, how it can by any less wrong simply because others did it?