tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post3838796847909861063..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: ShottenRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1560307868880631542007-09-06T03:28:00.000+01:002007-09-06T03:28:00.000+01:00Yes but the idea of comparing Hill to (ergh) Morr...Yes but the idea of comparing Hill to (ergh) Morrissey...!<BR/><BR/>No, seriously. Go with it, Andy. <BR/>btw I know you two are far away but Geoffrey Hill is going to be in London reading in three weeks. Pretty exciting!Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-81499439241920085432007-08-29T08:03:00.000+01:002007-08-29T08:03:00.000+01:00I'm sure Patrick Kurp will be really interested in...I'm sure Patrick Kurp will be really interested in your observations, Colin. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Andy, rather you than me for writing that review! A tough one. Smiths vs. Morrissey, eh? Sustained and inspired briliance vs. inconsistent patches of genius... Yes, probably.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-49325024261580974802007-08-28T19:00:00.000+01:002007-08-28T19:00:00.000+01:00Cheers Rob ... I now feel even more queasy at havi...Cheers Rob ... I now feel even more queasy at having to write a review of 'A Treatise on Civil Power'.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I'll scrap my analogy of The Smiths vs. solo Morrissey in relation to pre- and post-1990 Hill.<BR/><BR/>ABJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-85164594728815921942007-08-28T17:09:00.000+01:002007-08-28T17:09:00.000+01:00I thought the phrase 'shotten herring' was uncommo...I thought the phrase 'shotten herring' was uncommon, but not rare. I've certainly seen it in literature several times. I think it's in Lewis Grassic Gibbon, and certainly in Hugh MacDiarmid and Neil Gunn.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.com