Perugia sounds ace and thanks for all the links. And for the plug for the St Bride's event which is on the money for freelance journos in the most literal sense – tho quite how they'll compress that agenda into and evening I don't know! But that quote from Shirish Kulkarni, "I’m too old to waste time trying to persuade people who won’t be persuaded and don’t want to be persuaded" - nah, that approach is about, understandably, being cosy with your mates in one sense or another. We all need some cosy, but refusing to deal with disagreement slows progress. Dunnit? And dunno how old jaded Shirish is, but I'm 77 and still arguing the toss. Oh yes I am. Maybe we should resurrect that Monty Python arguing service sketch and "You're not arguing you're just saying you disagree!" "No, I'm not!" Fraternals, Phil
Perugia sounds ace and thanks for all the links. And for the plug for the St Bride's event which is on the money for freelance journos in the most literal sense – tho quite how they'll compress that agenda into and evening I don't know! But that quote from Shirish Kulkarni, "I’m too old to waste time trying to persuade people who won’t be persuaded and don’t want to be persuaded" - nah, that approach is about, understandably, being cosy with your mates in one sense or another. We all need some cosy, but refusing to deal with disagreement slows progress. Dunnit? And dunno how old jaded Shirish is, but I'm 77 and still arguing the toss. Oh yes I am. Maybe we should resurrect that Monty Python arguing service sketch and "You're not arguing you're just saying you disagree!" "No, I'm not!" Fraternals, Phil