tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post7926998419359601224..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Russell Beard - skinny, hirsute revolutionary comic, massage enthusiast, and Jemima Fishpaste's consort - tells it like it is, yeah? Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-8877711549258487072014-08-24T16:04:20.826+01:002014-08-24T16:04:20.826+01:00I think she must on some sort of "journey&quo...I think she must on some sort of "journey", which has so far taken her from the sublime to the fantastically bloody ridiculous. Given that she is an associate editor of the New Statesman and that she was one of the six people who posted bail for Julian Assange before he slunk into the Ecuadorian embassy, I don't hold out much hope for her doing anything remotely sensible in future. She converted to islam before marrying Imran Khan - I wonder if she is still a believer. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-24076616600301302932014-08-20T15:38:59.493+01:002014-08-20T15:38:59.493+01:00I think it was from your blog that I discovered th...I think it was from your blog that I discovered that Joanna Lumley used to "date" Scottish gargoyle Rod Stewart which upset me at the time. When I read about Jemima Kahn I refused to believe it until I confirmed it via Google [ my usual celebrity magazines like "Heat" or "OK!" have not mentioned this - possibly because she is not serially pregnant and he is not a rap singer]. The ex-wife of the great Imran. What is she thinking...? SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-48173076759384769942014-08-18T15:05:19.493+01:002014-08-18T15:05:19.493+01:00Excellent recommendation - I particularly enjoyed:...Excellent recommendation - I particularly enjoyed: "A personal afterlife - let alone immortality - would strike me as a cosmic solecism on a par with the hereditary monarchy..." Coo, ain't he clever!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1908675533919091632014-08-18T13:05:31.876+01:002014-08-18T13:05:31.876+01:00You get those moments in history, don't you, w...You get those moments in history, don't you, when there is a sudden glut of intellectual talent and energy.<br /><br />We are lucky to be living through one now.<br /><br />It's not just Mr Beard, but Mr Me as well, please see – if you dare – <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/live/2014/aug/07/will-self-live-qa-submit-your-questions-now" rel="nofollow"><i>Will Self Q&A – as it happened</i></a>, e.g.<br /><br />Q. Has psychology replaced morality?<br /><br />A. Well, was it Nietzsche who said that in illneess is the beginning of all psychology? I think so... anyway, our own age exhibits such a florid concern with illness - and by extension psychology - that I thinbk we can say that the notion of the autonomous moral subject has itsely become sick...David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.com