tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2503930626995425853..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: NO REPORT TO REPORT ONCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-78402774478822085332020-02-07T21:49:31.187+00:002020-02-07T21:49:31.187+00:00On this general subject, another one they never me...On this general subject, another one they never mentioned in the Brief Lives prog was Robert Conquest. <br />Who wrote a seminal book on Stalin's Great Terror, when the history of that period was still quite murky. It was a very influential book, one of the reasons Conquest was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (among many other awards). But for some reason (telling tales on Stalin, besmirching the good name of socialism) he was given a complete miss by the programme, whereas of course Lefty historians like Hobsbawm got the full honorifics! Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-77325297562860851242020-02-07T21:45:29.979+00:002020-02-07T21:45:29.979+00:00Ah yes, Banksy who benefited from a private educat...Ah yes, Banksy who benefited from a private education. He's probably got a BUPA policy as well. And holidays behind razor wire in South Africa when not in his second home in France. Very edgy! :) Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-80637303285604539582020-02-07T17:01:12.390+00:002020-02-07T17:01:12.390+00:00Why not: "Banksy whose real name is Robin Gun...Why not: "Banksy whose real name is Robin Gunningham"?Arthur Thttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-1341525847006536472020-02-07T12:34:36.970+00:002020-02-07T12:34:36.970+00:00Thank you for that.
This noble man joins other non...Thank you for that.<br />This noble man joins other non-persons in the BBC Black Book.Doonhamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-87531999832401328612020-02-07T11:25:11.286+00:002020-02-07T11:25:11.286+00:00The BBC's coverage of art is only seldom about...The BBC's coverage of art is only seldom about the art itself. They like Banksy because of his manufactured mystery and his edgy anarchic form of vandalism, they like Grayson Perry for his transvestite TV persona. Coverage of art is much like the BBC's coverage of music, anyone can do it - it's the Blue Peter methodology. <br /><br />By avoiding discussion about the art itself, Gomphertz for one will concentrate on the political and funding issues behind the piece ahead of the content - particularly the celebrity potential of the artist.<br /><br />A self-funded Royal College of Art prolific artist such as Mitchell would fail to be recognised on most counts - except that his work has an urban grittiness that eclipses Banksy, thus they are able to write about the Bracknell piece without reference to the person.Arthur Thttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-78973574970739580882020-02-07T01:09:22.421+00:002020-02-07T01:09:22.421+00:00Artists are either in or out...I guess it was ever...Artists are either in or out...I guess it was ever thus. <br /><br />I know nothing about Bill Mitchell. His work looks interesting. His first mistake was probably having a very lovely but uninteresting "English" name. That would not have made him welcome in the world of the pseudocracy, where people like Will Gompertz (interesting name!) dwell. <br /><br />And I get the impression he was more interested in art (expressing and encapsulating what it means to be a conscious human being) than virtue signalling. That also would have got him marked down. <br /><br />I notice with the recent Kirk Douglas tributes his role in rehabilitating Stalinist writers into the Hollywood machine is given more points almost than his acting abilities. <br /><br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com