tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post1694052342711695126..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: Appleyard versus Portillo 2Brithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-49524029697815208442010-01-25T14:20:49.138+00:002010-01-25T14:20:49.138+00:00Sums up my reaction to the programme. Plus that fu...Sums up my reaction to the programme. Plus that funny looking woman looked and sounded drunk.Willardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-49135661729701020402010-01-25T12:20:21.200+00:002010-01-25T12:20:21.200+00:00Agreed, Gaw and Monix. In Our Time is probably the...Agreed, Gaw and Monix. In Our Time is probably the show which least assumes its audience is comprised of idiots, but its often deadly dull. Start the Week I like but again can be rushed. Both much better than the Portillo format, which has at least 3 guests too many.<br /><br />Malty - yes, I'm judging Portillo as a telly pundit rather than a politician. Some preening is expected from both Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-18817893588781401872010-01-25T12:10:53.500+00:002010-01-25T12:10:53.500+00:00It might have worked better on radio, perhaps with...It might have worked better on radio, perhaps with Melvyn Bragg in the chair.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-59626601261668983352010-01-25T11:19:34.133+00:002010-01-25T11:19:34.133+00:00A couple of the participants seemed to be looking ...A couple of the participants seemed to be looking to science for some sort of moral guidance or code. It seems to me you'd just as well go looking for such a thing in rugby football or chartered accountancy or cinematography. That is, it's there but only because it's everywhere and expressed through different human practices, all with their different objectives.<br /><br />The Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-25085513701031630932010-01-25T11:06:33.159+00:002010-01-25T11:06:33.159+00:00The dinner appeared to be dominated more by volume...The dinner appeared to be dominated more by volume than content, the end result of virtually all television discussions, you're right about the wariness, as ever the result of a good 'fool that I am for asking' dropped into a debate, the penny having dropped, the defence mechanism comes out, if you don't get it, ignore it. In any case the science debate has been talked off the maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com