Go for it Hilary

[MrGongGong]

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n04/hilary-mantel/royal-bodies

I thought Davy's "response" I heard on the radio was hilarious

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

an excellent essay i found .... not at all the strumpetry paraded in the rags ...

[Thropplenoggin]

Faultless analysis. Mannequin. Verily, it is le mot juste.

[gradus]

Thorougly enjoyed Ms Mantel's essay and whilst on the subject, may I recommend the review written by Richard Davenport Hines in the same edition of LRB.

[scottycelt]

My own impression (for what it's worth ) is that Ms Mantel appears to be more obsessed with the appearance and behaviour of the Royals and those understandably awkward in their presence than most of us. I do wonder if some Americans would feel any less awkward in the close company of President Obama & First Lady?

A rambling, confused piece that never seems to go anywhere in particular and therefore ends up precisely nowhere.

Maybe a jolly read for republicans who like that sort of stuff but that's all.

[teamsaint]

Too knackered to read the whole thing.
Would it be fair to sum up:
The monarchy is an outdated anachronism.
princess middleton knew what she was getting into, and would have been locked up as a stalker under different social conditions.


Incidentally, the BBC seems to be being paid for by the royal family, from the brief bits of 5 live I heard today.

[Nick Armstrong]

Bang goes her Damehood.

[MrGongGong]

A rambling, confused piece that never seems to go anywhere in particular and therefore ends up precisely nowhere.

So apart from the Old Testament

I thought it was perceptive but she seems to have got into a spot of bother for not following the script

[scottycelt]

Bang goes her Damehood.

[Flosshilde]

I thought the thread was going to be about Hilary Clinton - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...eaking-circuit

[Thropplenoggin]

The Neanderthal struggles with long sentences, paragraphs, and the very notion of a meandering point. Who's surprised?

Here. Essays For Dummies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay

[amateur51]

My own impression (for what it's worth ) is that Ms Mantel appears to be more obsessed with the appearance and behaviour of the Royals and those understandably awkward in their presence than most of us. I do wonder if some Americans would feel any less awkward in the close company of President Obama & First Lady?

A rambling, confused piece that never seems to go anywhere in particular and therefore ends up precisely nowhere.

Maybe a jolly read for republicans who like that sort of stuff but that's all.

In scottyworld, if there's one thing worse than a Protestant republican, it's an intelligent uppity woman with a point of view and an opportunity to share it with scotty

[amateur51]

Bang goes her Damehood.

Good-o, I'll have it!

I've always said, I'm only interested in three of the available honours - Companion of Honour, Order of Merit and a Damehood - everything else is sooo hoi polloi

[ahinton]

princess middleton knew what she was getting into, and would have been locked up as a stalker under different social conditions.

I'm sure that she did, more than did Princess Diana, perhaps - but whether or why she might have been "locked up as a stalker under different social conditions" remains unexplained and in need of some explanation, methinks.

Incidentally, the BBC seems to be being paid for by the royal family, from the brief bits of 5 live I heard today.

If that is really the case, then (a) can I have my licence fees for × years back and (b) what do you suppose they made of yesterday's 24-hour strike by NUJ members there, since no royal seems yet to have published any comment on this?...

[ahinton]

I thought the thread was going to be about Hilary Clinton - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...eaking-circuit

Well at least it's not about Hilary Brewer...