tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post9033555954479707161..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: These Island Stories - John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46412407813504317652012-09-27T00:24:10.461+01:002012-09-27T00:24:10.461+01:00I took great pleasure in reading over all the comm...I took great pleasure in reading over all the comments about it in the other countries - I think the BBC had a link on their website. So many of them were flattering and admiring - that made me feel really proud of that ceremony, to be able to show something to the world other than the usual Empire/War/Posh sterotypes, and for the world to like it!<br /><br />So much better than the Jubilee, where I spent half my time wondering what on Earth all the fuss was about - her Maj has no connection for me whatsoever, while the Opening Ceremony was about my home.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821766209132805208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62953286627864129152012-09-26T17:11:58.370+01:002012-09-26T17:11:58.370+01:00Beautiful post, John.
xBeautiful post, John.<br />xLiz Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675259815023413448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60944428854064589482012-09-26T16:53:03.632+01:002012-09-26T16:53:03.632+01:00Sue, all the BBC's Olympic coverage is still a...Sue, all the BBC's Olympic coverage is still available on the BBC website! Here's the link to the Opening Ceremony: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00wm0brJohn Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74742651660002391122012-09-26T14:41:08.101+01:002012-09-26T14:41:08.101+01:00Excellent as always, John. Makes me wish I'd a...Excellent as always, John. Makes me wish I'd actually watched the ceremony. (I dodged it precisely because I expected it to be the usual 'patriotic' right-wing crap.)<br />Thinks: I'll find it on YouTube!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42178523028782490202012-09-26T13:01:38.316+01:002012-09-26T13:01:38.316+01:00I agree!I agree!Jane Houshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00838867793630660837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50716930319296587662012-09-26T12:51:01.993+01:002012-09-26T12:51:01.993+01:00"I was so pleased to not be ashamed of what t..."I was so pleased to not be ashamed of what the event was saying about us to the world."<br /><br /><i>Excellent</i> comment, Penny!<br /><br />And, yes, Cathy, and Jo - that's it, isn't it?<br /><br />As for Mitchell, 'twerp' is too good for him... John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65367804205354341202012-09-26T11:13:28.345+01:002012-09-26T11:13:28.345+01:00Yes! Hurray!Yes! Hurray!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912774665400125173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19080924593769985482012-09-26T11:09:28.669+01:002012-09-26T11:09:28.669+01:00Excellent reminder of how it felt to be watching t...Excellent reminder of how it felt to be watching that amazing Opening Ceremony, John! Especially welcome now the season of loud party politics has arrived in full spate. <br /><br />I was so pleased to not be ashamed of what the event was saying about us to the world.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48761790737875388222012-09-26T09:44:09.933+01:002012-09-26T09:44:09.933+01:00You articulate so clearly what I felt, in a fuzzy ...You articulate so clearly what I felt, in a fuzzy confused sort of way, about the opening ceremony.<br /><br />Mind you, the sheer technical bravura also made it pretty special - the scene with the rivers of steel and the rings! Oh my!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91366944754179484792012-09-26T09:31:20.868+01:002012-09-26T09:31:20.868+01:00Great post. In some ways Danny Boyle gave us permi...Great post. In some ways Danny Boyle gave us permission (not that we should need it) to be proud of the things that really matter - the things that make us who we are today.<br /><br />As for Mitchell - it is acceptable to use the term 'twerp'?JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29676826637981416032012-09-26T08:51:25.327+01:002012-09-26T08:51:25.327+01:00And never let it be forgotten that shortly after t...And never let it be forgotten that shortly after the <i>Mail</i> article, of course, Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon, bringing the <i>Mail</i>'s comment that “it is likely to be a challenge for the organisers to find an educated white middle-aged mother and black father living together with a happy family in such a set-up" back to haunt them...<br /><br />But in one sense Mitchell is quite right: we <i>should</i> know our place. Danny Boyle helped British people to remember their place, and its history, exactly by setting up a narrative counter to the one that's usually trumpeted by the <i>Mail</i> and its readers. People recognized this portrait. Okay, it was a flattering one, but the occasion demanded it, and perhaps it would be more accurate to call it aspirational. They looked at it, and remembered that "Yes, this is who we are! This is what the place is, or could be! And now we know it."Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4246302352371667492012-09-26T08:46:07.130+01:002012-09-26T08:46:07.130+01:00Yes!Yes!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65430506708468981442012-09-26T00:00:42.403+01:002012-09-26T00:00:42.403+01:00I totally agree John...much more so than the float...I totally agree John...much more so than the floaty Jubilee stuff. Loved the shout out for children's literature too. The Mail article is unbelievable...jongleusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754014776263314905noreply@blogger.com