Will Self: Croydon is "strange, poetic and beautiful"

[Tooting Gull]

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/will-self-croydon-it-s-strange-poetic-and-beautiful-a2925536.html

Okay Will, whatever you say...

 

[Buzzer]

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle...-s-strange-poetic-and-beautiful-a2925536.html

Okay Will, whatever you say...

He's back on the smack then. Shame, I hope he kicks it for good next time.

 

[8ace]

No Palarse mongs on this thread yet - bit slow today then

 

[Biscuit]

Will Self is such a prat. I find it very grating how he always uses three descriptive words. Croydon couldn't just be "strange" it has to be "strange, poetic and beautiful".

I bet his shit isn't "smelly" but "smelly, gruesome and pungent."

Silly ****.

 

[Insel affe]

The writer, who grew up in Finchley, is urging people to explore the far-flung reaches of the city ahead of a new festival celebrating life on its outskirts.

“The suburbs are inherently sexual, they heave and pullulate with sexiness,” he said. “I grew up in the London suburbs and of course I found them ineffably dull when I was a child but now I understand their excitement and their promise. This last summer solstice I walked to the high point on the North Downs overnight, an astonishing walk through the outer London suburbs of Shirley and Croydon, really strange, beautiful and poetic places at night. There is such a lot there and I think people are unaware of it.”

What a crock of shit...


Strange.... Yes

Beautiful.... Nah

Poetic..... Feckin grow up and stop being condescending.

Does this look poetic & Beautiful ??

 

[Nibble]

Imagine he's just promoting this festival thing he's got going. There is a melancholy to these Surrey towns/London outskirts that I can see could be endearing to some but they are overall depressing places.

 

[alfredmizen]

Imagine he's just promoting this festival thing he's got going. There is a melancholy to these Surrey towns/London outskirts that I can see could be endearing to some but they are overall depressing places.

Made even more so when you moved to one.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Will Self is such a prat.

I can think of a more appropriate four letter word for him - really can't stand the smug prat.

 

[Don Quixote]

He always has his thesaurus next to him.

 

[Biscuit]

I can think of a more appropriate four letter word for him - really can't stand the smug prat.

So could I, but it got starred out!

 

[The red pepper kid]

No Palarse mongs on this thread yet - bit slow today then

have you noticed the smell of burning ? in croydon

 

[Frutos]

I've always thought him to be a smug, pretentious, irritating wanker.

This article has not changed my view.

 

[Beach Hut]

I've always thought him to be a smug, pretentious, irritating wanker.

This article has not changed my view.

Same here and he fortunately disgraced himself on Question Time being totally anal as well

 

[Gritt23]

I'll speak up for him ... I find him very amusing, and as soon as I see his name is on the panel for QT, then I'm pulling my chair up, and reaching for the popcorn.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Will Self is such a prat. I find it very grating how he always uses three descriptive words. Croydon couldn't just be "strange" it has to be "strange, poetic and beautiful".

I bet his shit isn't "smelly" but "smelly, gruesome and pungent."

Silly ****.

You've only used one word there. Surely you mean silly, wordy, condescending ****?

 

[Easy 10]

I'll speak up for him ... I find him very amusing, and as soon as I see his name is on the panel for QT, then I'm pulling my chair up, and reaching for the popcorn.

When he's on the panel with Dr David "did you know I'm gay?" Starky, its pretty much UNMISSABLE.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I'll speak up for him ... I find him very amusing, and as soon as I see his name is on the panel for QT, then I'm pulling my chair up, and reaching for the popcorn.

Exactly - he's entertaining, no doubt.

That doesn't make anything he ever says right, of course: in fact part of what makes him more entertaining is his permanently coming out with plainly silly/wrong pronouncements like this one (ref. just about everyone who's very loudly voting for Jeremy Corbyn for a very similar mindset).

 

[The Spanish]

Iain sinclair should sue him when he starts this sort of stuff.

 

[John Bumlick]

He always has his thesaurus next to him.

Maybe he doesn't actually need to use a thesaurus.....

 

[John Bumlick]

This thread is full of philistines who think 'journalism' is some bloke talking about transfers with a purple dildo in his ear.....