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Very fair-minded of him!It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
Switched off Major. There must be so many interesting people they could get who are genuine music enthusiasts. Can you be passionate about Winifred Atwell?
I suspect I would invite MacMillan making sure to stock up on booze if he brought his lady wife along.Comment
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Thatcher. But I'd make sure none of the other guests were served the mushrooms.Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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William Hague (biographies of Pitt the Kid and William Wilberforce).Originally posted by amateur51 View PostAside from self-serving autobiographies, is there another British politician of recent times aside from Major (history of cricket and the aforementioned volume) and Hurd (thrillers and a book on the Foreign Office) who have published books that they've written?
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Macmillan or Home. Because they would have very good claret and probably bring a brace of pheasants. (I know little of them except they were Toffs with good taste and good manners)
Blair, Brown. I'd have an ASBO within seconds
Can I have David Lloyd George?Comment
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I've met both Major and Thatcher and bumped into Blair and Heath, seen Cameron, Brown and Callaghan so...
I'll go for Churchill above all others."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Originally posted by aeolium View Post
I've had a cup of tea with Ted Heath when he was our MP and gave a piano duet programme with a local pianiat.
His shoulders really did go up and down when he laughed, veryodd. IMHO his piano playing was much better than his conducting.Comment
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It couldn't have been worse according to some folk I know who had to suffer it .............Originally posted by salymap View Post
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One of my late grandmother's phrases springs to mind - "I can't abear him".
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Yes, I'd agree with that. As readers to these boards will know, I do not agree with their policies, but they are the last two PMs who could by any stretch be described as "gentlemen".Originally posted by Anna View Post
"Chancers" and "barrowboys" sum up their successors, and the one I was at school with is the biggest C and B of the lot.Comment
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I have just realised what people are talking about it.Originally posted by mangerton View Post
Macmillan was pleasant to me - and funny - when I met him in Wales in summer 1975. So I will invite him - and Attlee - although a friend of mine's friend is married to one of that family. Things aren't how they used to be. The same is true of the Macmillans.
If I have to invite two others, I'd risk Churchill and Lloyd George. All the others would be ordered out of the bungalow.
I would invite FDR, Carter and Obama from the US and Willy Brandt from Germany. After that, no, there's no one.
There is more than enough time for Barack's invitation, if necessary, to be withdrawn.Last edited by Guest; 02-12-12, 19:07.Comment
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At least he had the 'nous' ( or is it 'nowse'?) to beat out the first three silent beats at the start of Elgar's 'Cockaigne' rather than just give a third beat 'upbeat' as many conductors do...Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostIt couldn't have been worse according to some folk I know who had to suffer it .............
I know - because I 'was there' - playing the organ with the LSO when Sir E ( he wasn't a 'sir' then) conducted them at the Royal Festival Hall in 1971.
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