Comments on: Reading. You know, Books. http://www.sumption.org/2005/02/02/reading-you-know-books/ A small selection of the many things that have happened to Dan Sumption, his family, friends and colleagues Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Phil http://www.sumption.org/2005/02/02/reading-you-know-books/#comment-364 Phil Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:04:42 +0000 http://www.sumption.org/wordpress/?p=969#comment-364 Dan, I read The Rotters Club some time ago and enjoyed it immensely. I am a Brummie and was brought up in Birmingham in the Seventies. Our school used to play King Edwards (King Williams in the book) at Rugby. I used to drink at The Tavern In The Town in my late teens and I used to live in the adjacent district to Northfield (Harborne), where the Trotters live. I had a copy of Tales of Topographic Oceans and I went to See Eric Clapton play at The Birmingham Town Hall in 1970 I think (with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends!!!) I used to go to Barbarellas - The club where The Hairy Guy took Ben to see some Prog Rock. I used to particulary like "The Enid" and "Tea & Symphony". They were both utter shite. The period and Birmingham specific detail and the peculiar brummie, adolescent angst is so accurate that it physically hurts me to watch!!!! Phil. Dan,

I read The Rotters Club some time ago and enjoyed it immensely.

I am a Brummie and was brought up in Birmingham in the Seventies. Our school used to play King Edwards (King Williams in the book) at Rugby.

I used to drink at The Tavern In The Town in my late teens and I used to live in the adjacent district to Northfield (Harborne), where the Trotters live.

I had a copy of Tales of Topographic Oceans and I went to See Eric Clapton play at The Birmingham Town Hall in 1970 I think (with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends!!!)

I used to go to Barbarellas - The club where The Hairy Guy took Ben to see some Prog Rock. I used to particulary like “The Enid” and “Tea & Symphony”. They were both utter shite.

The period and Birmingham specific detail and the peculiar brummie, adolescent angst is so accurate that it physically hurts me to watch!!!!

Phil.

]]> By: Phil http://www.sumption.org/2005/02/02/reading-you-know-books/#comment-363 Phil Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:48:43 +0000 http://www.sumption.org/wordpress/?p=969#comment-363 Dan, A good eclectic collection there - not bad. I am reading: Flow The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Living Well. The Psychology of Everyday Life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - (Seminal) Willing Slaves. Madeline Bunting. Ecotopia. Ernest Callenbach - (Fantastic. Reading it for about the 4th time). Flashman & The Redskins. George Macdonald Fraser - (Beautifully written and very funny account of Flashman in the Old West in 1849. Recommended) All very well, but are you doing any photography?? Dan,

A good eclectic collection there - not bad. I am reading:

Flow The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Living Well. The Psychology of Everyday Life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - (Seminal)

Willing Slaves. Madeline Bunting.

Ecotopia. Ernest Callenbach - (Fantastic. Reading it for about the 4th time).

Flashman & The Redskins. George Macdonald Fraser - (Beautifully written and very funny account of Flashman in the Old West in 1849. Recommended)

All very well, but are you doing any photography??

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