Hamilton Saint

Been reading a new collection of Leo Tolstoy short stories, newly translated by the esteemed and prolific modern translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. They've done about a couple of dozen translations of the Russian classics (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, etc.). The best of the stories here is The Death of Ivan Ilich. Most of the stories deal with obsession. Profound stuff.

Yeah, some of the writing was lame, but it was interesting that the fellow that wrote the script (Alun Owen - I think he was a Liverpudlian) tried to give a down-to-earth sense of what their life was like at the time. It wasn't the kind of fluffy romantic comedy/fantasy you might see in a Cliff Richard (and the Shadows!) film! The LP A Hard Day's Night was significant because all the songs on the album (first side consisting of songs they wrote for the film, second side of other songs written at the time) were written by John, Paul and George. No covers! Quite an accomplishment for the period.

The piano version, or the arrangment for full symphony orchestra?

Stanley Kramer made a good film from the book, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Tony Perkins. A bit didactic - but still gripping.

Why is your thread title "Why" instead of "Why?"?

Hard to believe that's really a letter from the Director-General of the BBC. Two glaring errors in the third sentence! Surely his secretary would be more literate than that!

Answer: your thread title should be "Question", not "Question?"

Atkins?

Thanks. Where do I go to do that?

Just got in from work. SaintsPlayer not working for me. Anyone else having problems?

So, let's go for the win, eh?!

Relax. Enjoy the run-in. I have to say that I've felt very confident about the situation for at least two or three months now. I anticipate a win now every time we're on the pitch. (Amazing, isn't it?!) Have to say that Adkins really does inspire belief in our success. Good to be a Saint!

Yes, we do!

This won't go tits up on us. There ...

A couple more goals, please! Guly and Barnard.

They're all "hippies"? Your world-view seems a tad simplistic.

"Hippies"? Could you be a bit more precise. Anti-nuclear campaigners? Anti-war activists? Pacifists?

Or some crazed member of HM armed forces? Jumping to knee-jerk conclusions can be problematic, eh?

Come on, Saints! A goal each from Guly, Lambert & Barnard, please!

Yeah, how many different ways can they f*ck up?

Perhaps! That should be separated.

Time for a goal, saints!

So, don't they have an engineer/producer in the studio who has noticed that Alan Seabrook's commentary from the Farnborough game is MUCH LOUDER than the rest and therefore should be turned down? Don't they? Why not?

Rovers beating Bompey!

You have a problem with pink?!