tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post3768363090930122564..comments2024-03-24T06:32:13.194+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: No ordinary Granny: PD James blasts awayKiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-9993680646967177842010-11-11T14:09:21.836+13:002010-11-11T14:09:21.836+13:00Thanks for the comments everyone.
I don't th...Thanks for the comments everyone. <br /><br />I don't think the title is condescending at all Jane - it's more playful, with a bit of a sly smirk, like Baroness James herself (at least that's the way she came across to me this year).<br /><br />I'm pretty sure most people reading this blog are well aware of Baroness James's many outstanding achievements (I've outlined many in the past myself), so I don't think there will be much confusion or thought that I'm somehow belittling her with the title. It's just a statement of fact - she's a grandmother, and she's not ordinary (in fact, she's very extraordinary - as you and I both know, having had the good fortune to interview her). <br /><br />Thanks very much for the link to your article by the way. I enjoy reading the books articles in The Listener. As Anonymous said, you may have overlooked my comment about being the only NZ journalist to interview her in the lead-up to her 90th birthday (ie this year) - perhaps I should have more clearly stated that I meant this year. I certainly never said or thought I was the only Kiwi journo to ever speak to her.<br /><br />In fact I remember reading your article last year (which is why I didn't offer Guy a piece on PD James from my recent interview, since she'd recently been covered in The Listener).Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-48359300884858600402010-11-11T10:06:04.063+13:002010-11-11T10:06:04.063+13:00Ah Plain Jane, I think you'll find Craig said ...Ah Plain Jane, I think you'll find Craig said he was the only NZ journalist who interviewed her in 'the lead-up to her 90th birthday'. I don't think he says he's the only NZ journalist ever to have spoken to her. As for your other comment about his title, you may have a point there. I think it comes down to this - would PD James have a problem with it? If so, then yes, you're right. I imagine she's okay with it though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-47883790511849595532010-11-11T09:46:53.436+13:002010-11-11T09:46:53.436+13:00Um, Craig - that header, "No ordinary granny&...Um, Craig - that header, "No ordinary granny"? Please - PD James is a serious-minded, highly productive, much-lauded writer. I'm sure you didn't mean to come off as so condescending, but it just doesn't look good. <br />Oh, and I interviewed her for the Listener http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3637/artsbooks/14768/logic_not_horror.html last year, and I'm pretty sure I can't have been the first NZ journo to do so, either.Plain Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439876093752787601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-13225276742792611392010-11-11T05:36:50.098+13:002010-11-11T05:36:50.098+13:00Craig,
Thanks for publishing the link. I enjoyed...Craig,<br /><br />Thanks for publishing the link. I enjoyed reading it as well as reading your interview, or the part that was published. I hope you get the chance to publish the rest of the interview.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-53360358778709351052010-11-11T02:31:37.189+13:002010-11-11T02:31:37.189+13:00I can understand you´d feel a bit daunted by appro...I can understand you´d feel a bit daunted by approaching such a legend of crime fiction. I must admit that though I am in touch with so many english-speaking bloggers every week (and teach it every day), I don´t like speaking English on the phone. It is not only shyness but also a question of ´getting the phrases right´ so I won´t sound too Scandinavian (read: rude)Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.com