tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post2526867773317090994..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The first cut is the deepestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-21624910235461879282010-06-03T12:44:15.484+01:002010-06-03T12:44:15.484+01:00It will be a year since Gill Owen died on 12 June...It will be a year since Gill Owen died on 12 June can't reach you via BBC any more<br /><br />I have an exhibition of paintings poetry pictures and art boxes dedicated to her at the Rose and Crown, Charlbury, Oxon<br />which ends then<br /><br />Please tell your contacts about the party we are having on that day<br /><br />We will be in the pub from 9 p.m.<br /><br />there is accommodation at the Bell Hotel<br /><br /> having a picnic by the graveside from 6.p.m.<br /><br />It will be very informal<br /><br />a time to reminisce <br />a time to remember a beautiful soul<br /><br />perhaps to meet with old friends<br /><br />Cheersnick owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346347687522222913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-7287949432974390022010-02-27T19:34:01.933+00:002010-02-27T19:34:01.933+00:00Blogging can be extremely trying. It can also be e...Blogging can be extremely trying. It can also be extremely rewarding -<br /><br /><i><b>'It's important, so we demand improvement<br /> <br />Pliable gets it exactly right:'</b></i><br /> <br />http://renewablemusic.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-important-so-we-demand-improvement.html<br /><br />Thank you Daniel.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-24608996419090050842010-02-27T18:07:43.265+00:002010-02-27T18:07:43.265+00:00VP, you make a good point - my analogy is not clea...VP, you make a good point - my analogy is not clear and was not intended to be limited to the 'established' status of the Anglican communion. <br /><br />The analogy was intended to apply more generally to established Christian churches around the world, including the Catholic Church, which features in the Albigensian Crusade article linked to in the body of the text.<br /><br />Apologies if my search for a punchy opening paragraph unfairly singled out the Church of England. That was not what was intended.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-73728874703294135322010-02-27T17:18:03.025+00:002010-02-27T17:18:03.025+00:00[A] commentator writing critically of the BBC'...<i>[A] commentator writing critically of the BBC's output is considered to be an anti-BBC heretic. Which suggests parallels between the BBC and the established Church. Both have been flattered for decades by unquestioning believers. Both are now in terminal decline. And the loss of both will be a great tragedy</i><br /><br />I love your post, but this comparison between the Church of England and the BBC is rather strained. Certainly the "loss" of the Church of England's established status would be a blessing rather than a tragedy. It's very hard to see what the Church gains out of the current constitutional arrangements: the Prime Minister chooses its bishops, Parliament has the right to meddle in its regulations and it has to pay for the maintainence of a host of dilapidated buildings. The obvious contrast with the BBC is that it doesn't get any taxpayer money.vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-49037998243178605232010-02-27T16:10:02.886+00:002010-02-27T16:10:02.886+00:00There is a lot of debate elsewhere about audience ...There is a lot of debate elsewhere about audience noises during concerts. <br /><br />I listened to the Bruno Maderna Mahler 9 as I wrote this post. Noises of the <i>'Hi Mum, I'm at the BBC Proms and that's me coughing'</i> nature are very notably absent.<br /><br />BBC output quality is not the only thing to have declined in the last thirty-nine years.<br /><br />You read it here first -<br /><br />http://www.overgrownpath.com/2007/05/bach-and-art-of-noise.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com