Books Meanwhile, in England…
posted by October 13 at 15:53 PM
onIn an unprecedented outpouring of anger, 42 of the UK’s most celebrated writers will each publish a short story, essay or poem tomorrow attacking the government’s determination to proceed with legislation to hold terrorist suspects without charge for 42 days. The list of writers taking part reads like a literary ‘Who’s Who’ of modern Britain. They include Philip Pullman, Julian Barnes, Monica Ali, Ian Rankin, Alain de Botton, Ali Smith and AL Kennedy…What has until now largely been a political row is fast becoming a cause célèbre for Britain’s literary establishment, who are flexing their intellectual muscles in a manner not seen since leading figures in the arts world regularly clashed with the Thatcher government in the Eighties.
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HOT! I love it.
um...
jk rowling's not on that list... not that hot...
This might rain on their parade:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/13/terrorism-uksecurity1
And just look at what outstanding success the intellectuals had against Thatcher. Uh....
Hah, Paul Constant is on vaycay. He would've liked this one! Thanks for posting this, Chris.
okay, well, to this part of the European program, it's a big ix-nay.
But mainly they're our model.
Pullman! Politics! The brain explodes from awesome.
I think this post is too high-brow for your readers.
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