at long last, Twitter proves its worth
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
He needs to get out more, and be less concerned about his image...
...and possibly stop inflicting his books on students who have no choice other than to have to read them?
...and possibly stop inflicting his books on students who have no choice other than to have to read them?
Sorry to disappoint you, Musa, it's actually very good.
Most climbing books are like TdF riders' books - ghost written by a journalist and usually just a list of statistics and violent arguments with team members, which only a follower of the sport would bother with. Touching the Void is quite different; an exhilarating read even for the non-climber. The film is just as good, in its own way. Joe Simpson was a capable writer before that expedition and a very good lecturer after it.
mickle
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It sure as hell beats 'My family and other animals'.
YahudaMoon
Über Member
Well its one of my fave factual adventure films Ive ever seen
Ive not read the book thogh Joe rising to the bait and giving children / young adults abuse on twitter is not good.
He's just made himself look a right un lol
'If the worst came to the worst he said, he might "block the little farkers" or stop tweeting altogether'
I think joe has got to the point of no return lol
Ive not read the book thogh Joe rising to the bait and giving children / young adults abuse on twitter is not good.
He's just made himself look a right un lol
'If the worst came to the worst he said, he might "block the little farkers" or stop tweeting altogether'
I think joe has got to the point of no return lol
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
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- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
They let him tinker with the national curriculum? Well I think our nation has wandered blindly into a sadly celebrity obsessed state if academia is dictated by famous folk...
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
May have been a very cheap bulk purchase AC!
Think there is a certain backlash against books studied formally. Heard endless complaints by different people who did different books from Lord of the Flies through to Austen for GCSE/O-level. Even heard many an English university student complain about being put off particular authors/books
and these were studious people.
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- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
I wish I'd had a book about derring-do to study at school. My teacher had a morbid fascination with nuclear war and so did most of the set books.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
The Mayor of Casterbridge put me off Thomas Hardy for life... fortunately for me.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Swap you for "Z for Zacharia".
That's just what my Dad said!
I think his reaction is pretty much him as he has always been. Never known for his diplomacy.
