Unsuspected influences

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
>
> 
> Another snippet culled from the supplements.
> A list of book prizes won during the past year, among which:
> 
> The Samuel Johnson Award for non--fiction -
> Jonathan Coe 'Like a Fiery Elephant': The Story  of B.S.Johnson.
> 
> As ane fule kno, B.S.Johnson is 'Bloody Stupid' Johnson, the 
failed   landscape designer, architect and inventor whose cock-ups 
litter the  environs of Ankh-Morpork. (An ornamental lake, hundreds 
of yards long  but only an inch wide, so the fish can't turn round, 
is one example.)
> 
> Is this Coe person trying to transfer the blame for the 
monstrosities  that blight our urban landscape onto a fictional 
character?
> For shame!
> Name names, sir!
> Expose the real culprits!
> 
> Kneasy
>

Didn't you watch 'Demolition' last night? Very good and right up your 
street (possibly literally). Same bloke who does Grand Designs, but 
this time in reverse, campaigning for 'X' status listing on eyesores 
throughout the country. Nearly all your favourite '60s towerblocks 
were listed for the chop, and an ageing beardy led one vigilante 
squad with a cold chisel and a hammer. Wasn't you was it??

Carolyn