London ILB - FAP?

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I would FAP to not talk about books, as per, in mid-Nov. Assuming a traditional Thursday slot, the 10th would be best for me; I am busy on either the 17th or the 24th but I'm not sure which yet.

10th is good for me too

i am up to meet ppl who read books but don't talk about them

I don't read books but talk about them anyway, if that's any use.

none whatever :)

see you there

I might be able to make 10th November also.

10 Nov sounds good to me

(I seem only to post in the x-factor thread now but I will try to read something before we meet)

10th should be ok for me as well.

Thursday still looking good, though I may be there a little later than usual because I'll be driving down from glamorous Sheffield that day.

All good see you then. Probably be there round 6:30 - 7pm, coming in from Bristol.

is this the royal oak?

Yes it is

see you all there

This will probably inspire more people to abstain than attend, but I think I shall be there? Early doors if you'd prefer to avoid my company.

Yes be there catch you all tom

Record turnout on the cards. I'm knackered with the cold, so don't know yet.

I'm sorry but I'm afraid I won't be able to attend this one either.

I will attend. I love the Royal Oak.

will aim for 6ish probably

I've also got a cold, and have got to travel early tomorrow, so may have to give it a miss. Tho I may stick my head in early doors for a constitutional half pint if not too depleted.

This FAP is shrinking by the day!

Into "Manhole 69"!

Thanks for the FAP, people.

Not much talk about Books but great admiration for Tim's truly remarkable set of texts in a deluxe box set.

v sorry to have missed it but i felt lousy and had an early start. hope to see all of you soon!

Thanks to all for a lovely evening again.

Yes. That was fun, as ever.

many interesting discoveries made!

none of which i can reveal publicly :(

http://sites.saschina.org/jcurran/files/2015/11/DR-evil-1e64c6w-300x150.jpg

Suffice to say feverish planning for "The ILBer Birds" is under way.

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Yes! That was fun, as always. Good to see everyone.

I'll get to work on a script. Possibilities are endless. Seeing Nicolas Van Hoogstraten as their eccentric landlord, dropping in once an episode.

The Pessoa is fantastic Tim and please post details when it's out in the world.

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/thelikelylads/images/4/45/Whatever_Happened_To_The_Likely_Lads.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110525190855

Bob and Terry are trying to avoid hearing results of:

a) The snooker
b) The cricket
c) the Prix Goncourt
d) Lambeth Momentum's vote to condemn anti-semitism on the left

It's an excellent start.

Thanks all for yr kind words about the Pessoa thing.

Should add it was good to see Branwell - haven't seen you for *ages*.

Went back to the Royal Oak.

Grouse and Partridge were on the menu.

But this time I ate Gammon steak and egg.

ILB FAP mini-reunion last night ! Fizzles spoke very well on Dame Hilary Mantel.

positively or negatively?

Positively !

thanks pinefox! possibly slightly more enthusiasm than I feel in the round - i still. any *quite* make up my mind about her - but i do think the way she materialises psychological and quotidian detail in those dense paragraphs is... significant and as I said last night reminds of something i also see in george eliot (i shd prob check this properly as this may be nonsense).

anyway - great to see you yesterday pf, as well.

speaking of sightings - and possibly totally off beam - ledge did I see you cycling up the hill out of Herne Hill towards Camberwell the other day - early evening? it was a mighty blur of pedals and limbs obviously but i thought it looked like you.

I have made that journey in the past but not any time recently, it must have been one of the many other balding bearded bicyclists of the big smoke.

Penman touching on some points (and speculation) from that very discussion; makes me think Reynolds's glam book will have the failings I feared, but also that it also probably has more interesting stuff (esp about the 60s) than I imagined.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n01/ian-penman/wham-bang-teatime

So did you guys originally chose The Royal Oak because of the mention in Tess of the d'Urbervilles?

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I (for one) had no idea about that. Does anything interesting happen there?

No, not really. It's just that the genealogically inclined parson that calls Jack Durbeyfield 'Sir John' at the start of the book tells him:

You declined a little in Oliver Cromwell's time, but to no serious extent, and in Charles the Second's reign you were made Knights of the Royal Oak for your loyalty.

chose it to honour the memory of the glorious stuarts and the king over the water iirc

Is it just me, or does it feel like time to reconvene?

i am up for this