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Clive James
Personal blog · clivejames.com/point-of-viewwritingcultureother
Clive James writes Clive james, a personal blog at clivejames.com about writing and culture. Since 2014, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
The personal site of critic, poet and broadcaster Clive James, hosting his verse translations (including Dante), radio Point of View talks, essays and reviews. HN readers link it for these works.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
“Humanity will surpass the first dirigibles as it has surpassed the first locomotives. It will surpass M. Santos-Dumont as it has surpassed Stephenson. After telephotography it will continually...
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What Hacker News says?
If you have the money, why not? Though surely the diggers could just be dismantled and taken out? Clive James recorded a wonderful and amusing Point of View (BBC Radio 4) on the subject of rich people and their basement palaces. http://www.clivejames.com/point-of-view/underground
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on “London's Buried Diggers”It should be noted that Clive James was translating the text into quatrain poetry (with an ABAB rhyming scheme). He was not going for a literal translation. You can search for the line here in context: https://www.clivejames.com/hell---cantos-1-3.html
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on “The world of Dante's Divine Comedy”A recent translation by Clive James has been much praised. As someone who has not read Dante's classic yet, the James version might be the one I read. http://www.clivejames.com/poetry/divine
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on “The Divine Comedy (1321)”Clive James' website is and will (I believe) remain up. https://www.clivejames.com/ Definitely worth a visit. Try video/talking in the library for a load of fascinating interviews. His book 'Cultural Amnesia' is a marvellous cultural review to stimulate, annoy and delight most readers.
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on “The Enduring Prose and Poetry of Clive James”The critic Clive James that is mentioned was enormously funny and productive. He died very recently. https://www.clivejames.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_James
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on “Is Larkin Good for You?”A good introduction to J. Krishnamurti is provided by Clive James. http://www.clivejames.com/books/glued/them
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on “Ask HN: Why do you love the USA?”
