tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post5372160488244138921..comments2024-03-29T03:00:43.730-07:00Comments on The Old Batsman: Ceaseless timeThe Old Batsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-43770241869152657042011-12-19T06:46:53.562-08:002011-12-19T06:46:53.562-08:00Which range alas I am not longer in. Which is gall...Which range alas I am not longer in. Which is galling considering the many many years I did pay the buggers their licence fee.<br /><br />Arlott was an extraordinary man and represents that kind of cricket writing that no other sport has or likely now ever will produce.Banished To A Pompous Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141515769740567476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-46062589014186547632011-12-18T16:24:56.177-08:002011-12-18T16:24:56.177-08:00It's an extraordinary interview - both for Arl...It's an extraordinary interview - both for Arlott's honesty and Brearley's intelligent questioning.Reverse Swept Radiohttp://reversesweptradio.podbean.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-13362274184703832212011-12-17T07:55:44.332-08:002011-12-17T07:55:44.332-08:00Thank you for this, OB. I missed the broadcast but...Thank you for this, OB. I missed the broadcast but downloaded it via your link. I’ve watched it, and now have 30 days to watch it again, and perhaps again, before it expires. I found it fascinating and moving, particularly when J A talked about his family and the debt he owed them; the silences were very telling and I greatly admired Brearley’s ability to live as long as was necessary with those silences when many interviewers of less courage, and less acute sensitivity to the needs of their interviewee, might have blundered in unable to bear those agonised moments of unspoken recollection.John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-65453772949645248002011-12-15T09:30:31.291-08:002011-12-15T09:30:31.291-08:00thanks for that...what a voice! The thoughts on S...thanks for that...what a voice! The thoughts on South Africa and D'Oliveira: some things do change for the better after all.diogenesnoreply@blogger.com