Less Ordinary

I am irritated by (mostly) politicians and (also) media-types referring to "ordinary people". I don't mind being a regular, normal, ordinary chap, but when they wield it, the phrase comes with the patronising implication that they are somehow better than ordinary. And as we have seen for a long time and especially in recent years, many politicians in particular and journalists in general tend to range from 'ordinary' downwards. I log occurrences here and send offenders a postcard.

Sunday 13 September 2015

#58 20:48 R4X Michael Coveney

The R4Ex web site says,

How Dame Maggie Smith got the acting bug. Peter Firth reads Michael Coveney's biography of one Britain's best-loved actors.

It includes a passage on Alan Bennett's writing for the Dame,

"affectionate and wry on the everyday speech or ordinary people"

The likely candidate for the postcard would be Michael Coveney, but I probably won't bother.

Less Ordinary

Sunday 13 September 2015

#58 20:48 R4X Michael Coveney

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