Nah just here
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 12 December 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
Shall we do this soon. First week of Feb?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
sounds good to me :)
― mark s, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
6th at the usual place.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
of course getting there since TFL rerouted the 48 is now a minor chore (2 x buses instead of 1)
― mark s, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
not good for me >:(
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
6th is ok for me. after that i seem to be travelling for work for the rest of my life so it may be the only slot for a while.
― Fizzles, Friday, 24 January 2020 07:53 (four years ago) link
6th looks OK for me too.
― Tim, Friday, 24 January 2020 09:28 (four years ago) link
Grand (Tom D we can schedule the next one and make sure you attend :))
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 24 January 2020 09:50 (four years ago) link
Sounds good to me!
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 24 January 2020 10:04 (four years ago) link
Yes I think I can make it.
― the pinefox, Friday, 24 January 2020 11:04 (four years ago) link
Tomorrow!!
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
See you later.
― Tim, Thursday, 6 February 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
The usual place = Royal Oak, Tabard street
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 6 February 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
early-ish start and an early-ish finish for me. bloody meetings with ‘straya first thing in the morning.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 6 February 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
― Fizzles, Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
good to see everyone last night. DanielRF - this is the Jeremy Deller documentary I think you'll enjoy after reading the King.
on the question of which books have haunted you in the last year (well two years in this case), i was struggling - eric vuillard's order of the day, maybe, until woof reminded me of pierre michon – really good nyrb review of the translations and michon here.
― Fizzles, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
thanks!
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 7 February 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
Non-standard I know but we're doing a little launch for the Mary Butts book I've done (and which some of you have seen) - it's a week today, Thursday 27th at the bookartsbookshop from 6.30 to 8 or so. likely pub after. It'd be lovely to see all or any of you. Gonna spam the London FAP thread with this too, so sorry about that.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8szLA8nXGV/
https://thehalfpintpress.wordpress.com/imaginary-letters-by-mary-butts/
― Tim, Thursday, 20 February 2020 09:33 (four years ago) link
Can't come sorry Tim. Hope this goes well!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 20 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
Yes, I'm in Scotland.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 February 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
That Butts book looks wonderful. Can it be ordered online, assuming I have the dosh?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 6 March 2020 01:45 (four years ago) link
Just direct from me really - if you drop me a line on halfpintpress at gmail dot com I can give you the details.
― Tim, Friday, 6 March 2020 06:14 (four years ago) link
(Or my ilxmail works too I think)
(Special deals done for Ilxors)
― Tim, Friday, 6 March 2020 09:27 (four years ago) link
It was at an ILB FAP that Tim Hopkins told me about Eley Williams. Big Guardian interview:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/17/hunting-for-mountweazels-eley-williams-on-the-fun-and-responsibility-of-dictionaries I can't recall if Tim knows ms Williams, or just admires the work.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 08:27 (four years ago) link
I know Eley* a little - from what I know she is delightful. We collaborated on this: https://thehalfpintpress.wordpress.com/the-seas-better-plans/ and I certainly admire the work. I am looking forward to the novel very much.
(*That's Dr. Williams, PF!)
― Tim, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 10:59 (four years ago) link
I'm not too surprised it's Dr Williams, and I would always refer to someone by that title if aware of it, but in this instance I was not, at the time.
Now I know better, I observe that Dr Williams is technically a colleague, at the very federal University of London:
https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/eley-williams(fb5c6c00-d430-4c46-a694-889cede1902a).html
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 11:30 (four years ago) link
I click on the link and I recognize this kind of jar.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 11:31 (four years ago) link
Oh hey, so I wrote a quiz, some of which was based on our discussion when I came to London that one time. Can't decide whether to post a link or not.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
post the link!
― Fizzles, Friday, 7 May 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?isaacnewton
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
do i remember the FAP. was it in the royal oak? what was the conversation? late renaissance/early enlightenment/thomas harriot/school of night stuff?
― Fizzles, Friday, 7 May 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
and thanks for posting!
― Fizzles, Friday, 7 May 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Yes. Royal Oak. I just remember you talking about the “standing on the shoulders of giants” remark was rumored to be a dig at somebody’s stature, and Tom D talking about Newton sticking a needle in his eye socket.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
ah right, yes. god, would be good to be back in the royal oak right now talking shit. for the sake of epistemic tidiness, i should explicitly point out to others itt that wikipedia, in an entry on the trope, has that rumour as unlikely, as the recipient and newton were on good terms at the time, and the phrase itself having been in relatively common intellectual use since classical times.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 8 May 2021 05:17 (three years ago) link
I remember the fap but nothing that was discussed. Good quiz but I only got five :(
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Saturday, 8 May 2021 07:45 (three years ago) link
Five is pretty good! I remember you and I discussing our mutual dislike of– wait for it– Stoner.Yes, that “standing on the shoulders” stature thing is apparently a myth, as is the story of Newton destroying all the portraits of him upon becoming president of The Royal Society.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:46 (three years ago) link
Dates are my weakness when it comes to general knowledge but I was quite surprised that galileo and newton were so close in time, I would have guessed galileo was 100 years earlier.
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:49 (three years ago) link
Well, dates, royalty, sport...
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:50 (three years ago) link
Lol. Actually I could have sworn I learned that fact on that trip as well but in fact the similar thing I learned was that Galileo and Shakespeare were born in the same year.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 May 2021 12:34 (three years ago) link
If cases keep coming down I was thinking of doing this in November. See how it goes.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 16 September 2021 08:43 (three years ago) link
I've been thinking about FAPs recently, I'm not that optimistic about November though.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 September 2021 08:46 (three years ago) link
Would love to join, especially if it’s outside. Sometimes November is still warmish. Also I don’t think I’ve met a single new person for two years who wasn’t another nursery parent.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 16 September 2021 08:51 (three years ago) link
Be good to meet Chuck.
I have to say cases are dropping nicely and all of the adult population will be vaxxed by then (apart from the tiny amounts that don't want it). We will know the effect of schools re-opening shortly.
Let's see it then.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 16 September 2021 09:28 (three years ago) link
I wanted to see what the feeling was on a November meet up. Thinking 18th or 25th.
Obviously cases are now going up but I said I'd revive.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 October 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Bumping this up
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 11:29 (two years ago) link
Yeah, ok, good
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
I can’t do 18th, can do 25th, would be good to see you all. Additionally it would be good to see you all on 1st December at the Prince Arthur near Old Street, when we’re launching this new book I’ve been working on. All the details you need here: https://theedgeoftheobject.com
― Tim, Monday, 8 November 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
The 18th also not good for me, 25th should be good, but there should still be a FAP either day that suits people because I would like to attend one eventually given I’m reading again and also to meet Tom D.
― suggest bainne (gyac), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link