Carol Vorderman always seemed quite pleasant on Countdown so I was a little surprised that she was such a Daily Mail shrew on Question Time last night. She may be good at counting but she just came across as a bit dim. On Twitter she was being compared to Sarah Palin. Will Self was his usual withering, caustic self, completely highlighting Vorderman's lack of much intellect. She looked great though - but I'm sure there has been a little Botox.
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She did look great and the reading glasses were an amusing aspect of that. At her most indignant, self-righteous moments she repeatedly looked down at whatever notes she had been primed with.
This reminded me of the football commentator Clive Tyldesley, who clearly thinks of soundbites before a game and attempts to trot them out as though they aren't rehearsed.
Thanks for the link :-)
Hey there, Glad to have found your blog.
I switched on Question Time a few mins late last night and got Carol right in the middle of her spitting, finger-pointing tirade - made you want to reach for your earplugs. Her very funky, liberal looking reading glasses could not save her from her reactionary frothing and tutting.
Who would have known she was such a right-wing harpie.
Have you read much Will Self? I love his story 'Scale' absoultely stunning piece of writing - tear streamingly funny.
Ha, that is a godd description, rightwing harpie.
I don't think I have read any of Will Self's fiction, though I saw him read a fair few years ago, and I like his articles... Is 'Scale' part of a collection?
Hiya,
Yeah Scale is in the short story collection 'Grey Area' although if I were new to him I would start with 'The Quantity Theory of Insanity' collection.
He recently gave the W.G Sebald lecture at UEA - of course the lurgy prevented me from attending... Sebald is worth looking at as well. 'Rings of Saturn' is an extraordinary book.
Thanks for you blog - it's nice that someone else with ME writes and reads... more reading than writing for me lately - no excuses hey!
I will check Will Self out. Ha, I no longer feel as if I write, the novel totally overwhelmed me, all I do for now is my blog - what do you write, you have no profile - I'd be interested to see.
bit tired but i must respond to this. Yes, she's good with numbers but her politics stinks! :-)
What do I write? just silly short stories - not sent any anywhere yet.
Have a longer project but brain mash is getting in the way - it has a girl who has been ill since 1892 and lost (fake) Freudian case histories and letters and much other nonsense...
I don't have a blog atm because it would go 'got up, felt shit, went back to bed... got up, felt shit...' Would like to set one up when having a concentratey day.
Good to see you on the Film clip - I hope they can get it some dicent distribution - only believers will watch it if they can't get it on a mainstream TV channel.
I am sure your stories are not silly!
Yes, issue-driven film/fiction/art will always be followed by those who are already interested but hoooking the rest of the public, making it 'sexy' is the key... but I am just so happy that this film project is even in the offing.
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