tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8256145976530414938..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: CellistYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89832501411718382442018-09-26T10:21:07.988+01:002018-09-26T10:21:07.988+01:00Interestingly the book cover picture was by a woma...Interestingly the book cover picture was by a woman called Christine Mulliez. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40949050939726426182018-09-26T07:32:53.667+01:002018-09-26T07:32:53.667+01:00My first thought was exactly the same as Vivian...My first thought was exactly the same as Vivian's - why is there a naked lady on the cover? And in the light of what is or has been happening in the author's life, it is even more irritating that the lady should be there (with, as you say, no relation to the contents of the book).<br />Still, it does sound like a good read, and I think that the war(s) that raged the Balkan states during the 1990s with the most horrible atrocities the human mind can imagine, is easily forgotten by all the bad stuff going on now. If the book helps to keep collective memory alive, that is certainly A Good Thing.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78681850303137913362018-09-26T00:41:37.004+01:002018-09-26T00:41:37.004+01:00There are some vile men in this world - men who ab...There are some vile men in this world - men who abuse and misuse and come up grinning. I am not convinced that Steven Galloway is one of them. The facts have never been laid out in a proper court of law.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11210676942621580142018-09-25T23:58:28.930+01:002018-09-25T23:58:28.930+01:00Apparently it is one of the most feted Canadian no...Apparently it is one of the most feted Canadian novels of this millennium.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11334263834647194472018-09-25T23:57:28.848+01:002018-09-25T23:57:28.848+01:00You seem to know a lot about this case Vivian - mo...You seem to know a lot about this case Vivian - more than I do. From what I read, the secrecy seemed to have mostly been driven by the University of British Columbia and not by Steven Galloway.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33598930210794410092018-09-25T23:50:34.209+01:002018-09-25T23:50:34.209+01:00I know nothing about the case...the charges agains...I know nothing about the case...the charges against Galloway,,,but "if it walks like a duck"....<br /><br />I will never feel pity for perpetrators of sexual assault. Saltpeter use comes to mind...it is used for the removal of stumps...and an axe, also if the saltpeter doesn't work.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53516724274288518572018-09-25T23:49:39.700+01:002018-09-25T23:49:39.700+01:00I like historical novels.I like historical novels.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3209478192081703132018-09-25T22:37:05.128+01:002018-09-25T22:37:05.128+01:00Bravo!Bravo!Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51093290207573860752018-09-25T21:38:20.612+01:002018-09-25T21:38:20.612+01:00Galloway, while insisting that the record of the i...Galloway, while insisting that the record of the investigation be kept secret, has shown the findings to friends and media and has self-servingly characterized the verdict as his being found guilty of nothing more than a two-year affair with a student. However, the student has made a public statement that her complaints were NOT about an affair but about sexual assault and sexual harassment, which is what the university's investigation verified and for which Galloway was fired; furthermore, five other students filed complaints about Galloway that ranged from physical harassment to sexual assault. <br /><br />Also, somehow Galloway has been able to keep the final report confidential so that even his accuser has not seen it; she is only reacting to his deceptive public statements he has made regarding the case. <br /><br />As the Tasmanian stand up comic Hannah Gadsby has so searingly observed, the world does not have to give men a pass over their exploitation and objectification of women just because they make art. They are still pigs, and they and their work should be reevaluated for having come at an appalling cost. <br />Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990041745880166605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-74586517110726465002018-09-25T18:58:49.519+01:002018-09-25T18:58:49.519+01:00Apparently they were in a "relationship"...Apparently they were in a "relationship" for two years. Obviously in high schools such relationships are absolutely "no go" and should result in instant dismissal but in a university? I don't think so.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88710503632925197012018-09-25T18:53:01.300+01:002018-09-25T18:53:01.300+01:00Tut, tut, tut, Mr. Pudding. The student might hav...Tut, tut, tut, Mr. Pudding. The student might have been an adult but he, as a professor, was in a true position of power. Therefore.......Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57582855177408041232018-09-25T17:27:43.859+01:002018-09-25T17:27:43.859+01:00I feel sorry for Steven Galloway. The student was ...I feel sorry for Steven Galloway. The student was an adult and he was only five years older than her. But there may be stuff that I do not know about.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49232812222399396862018-09-25T17:26:20.502+01:002018-09-25T17:26:20.502+01:00I found it in a charity shop when I was in Suffolk...I found it in a charity shop when I was in Suffolk.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19248022226646211182018-09-25T17:25:16.103+01:002018-09-25T17:25:16.103+01:00Oink! Oink!
Good point about the cover. Having ju...Oink! Oink!<br /><br />Good point about the cover. Having just read the novel, I cannot think of a scene that that cover picture relates to. I have been following The Kavanaugh Show on "Democracy Now" and I applaud the three women who have had the courage to raise their heads above the parapet. It would have been far more comfortable to say nothing. And as for Trump's remarks on the issue - they are utterly despicable.<br /><br />Oink! Oink!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60151693091666614862018-09-25T16:48:56.818+01:002018-09-25T16:48:56.818+01:00One of my favourite books, controversy notwithstan...One of my favourite books, controversy notwithstanding. I try not to judge books by their covers -- or their authors. It's been awhile since I read it; probably time for a reread.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73301173010517531732018-09-25T15:17:31.627+01:002018-09-25T15:17:31.627+01:00Hmmmm...I do not know this book, or the author. So...Hmmmm...I do not know this book, or the author. Sounds interesting, though.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61642726206027288562018-09-25T12:33:27.446+01:002018-09-25T12:33:27.446+01:00From your description of this book, I wonder why t...From your description of this book, I wonder why there is a naked lady on the cover?<br /><br />Oh, right. Because men are pigs and sex sells. <br /><br />Sorry: I have been infuriated about the Brett Kavanaugh hearings for his seat on the Supreme Court (in America) and I want to punch him in his smug, entitled, lying, boorish pie hole.Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990041745880166605noreply@blogger.com