Esteemed Arcatiste, legendary memoirist and wit, Roger Lewis, has been nominated for the Oxford Chair of Poetry. Oxford grads such as Duncan Fallowell (can a knighthood be that far away?) Lynn Barber (a damehood?), Rachel "The Lady" Johnson (the sack?), and many Bright Young Things (pah!) in publishing / the media/ journalism, have rallied to his cause, God bless them.
Oxonians need to (a) register to vote by June 4th and (b) actually vote. Polls open on May 21st and close on June 16th. This can all be done online - click here. This is a new departure for Roger; I just hope he is not robbed of his comic ingenuity in the process. I shall be most displeased. Very.
In the past people had to turn up in person in Oxford, so the dons always had it all sewn up, the tarts. Madame Arcati won't be thwarted.
Poetry on the social map at last! Goodbye, dandruff; hello, champagne anarchists!
ReplyDeleteHAH you have nulle Oxonians in your following. Except OX of course.
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't know, bighead. Duncan F, Roger L, Rachel J and their friends and foes - just for starters.
ReplyDeleteDid you not know meow meow is Oxbridge dandruff?
ReplyDeleteGood heavens!
ReplyDeleteNo, I won't vote for him. What's Roger done for me? I don't like poetry and what does he know about poetry?
ReplyDeleteYour persecution of the heavenly Rachel is a disgrace. She should go to court and get an injunction, you stalker! The Lady looks fab, she's hired the best writers, you're just jealous as you stew away bitter. Hee hee.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I managed a Second Class Honours in History, despite tripping on LSD for quite a lot of my final year, or perhaps because of that, I never went through the official tassel-tossing bit in Wren's Sheldonian Theatre - without which you cannot legally put the relevant letters after your name or be a member of Convocation or vote for the Poetry Chair. These days you can do the ceremony in absentia, so thanks to the demands of Roger, I'm finally being put through on May 22nd and shall have the degrees of B.A. and M.A. conferred on me, 40 years after passing the exams, £10 for the two. Bloody good value. I really must host some sort of orgy in my flat on May 22nd by way of celebration.
ReplyDeleteWith best wishes, Duncan Fallowell
P.S.Love from Fish whom I saw at Nicky Haslam's party on Wednesday
Can I contribute?
ReplyDeleteWell done Duncan, you'll never look back after this. My birthday (and Joan Collins') is on May 23, so that's a good date for an orgy.
ReplyDeleteHas Fish any goss for me? I fear she is growing up.
Perhaps if you have a tenner you might. See DRF above.
ReplyDeleteWe love you.
ReplyDeleteDoes Mr Lewis have a manifesto we can peruse? And does he realise that it carries a stipend of £6901 plus £40 in travel expenses for each Creweian Oration? Surely he spends that much on two bottles of Romanée Conti.
ReplyDeleteWould Mr Lewis like to write a poem as well? It would help.
ReplyDeleteThey should give it to the black swordsman who missed out last time.
ReplyDeleteToo Oxonianist if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteDarling MA!
ReplyDeleteI didn't go to Oxbridge, and barely scraped a year of a cop out arts degree at NYU. But I am always honoured to be in your esteemed roll-call of flavicons. BRILLIANT as usual. And I am so sorry to hear of your loss (Molly) to Steve Strange. Two more weeks of purdah then all H-E-L-L breaks loose.
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Don't be so nasty about Darcus Howe, black sworsdman indeed.
ReplyDeleteI suspect Strange is a bit thick x
ReplyDeleteRoger who? You mean the luckless creature who reviews showbiz biogs for the Mail on Sunday? It's very misleading to describe him as a WRITER.
ReplyDeleteI believe the MoS pays rather well.
ReplyDeleteI haz done started a fan club for us rampant Lewisophiles on Facebook...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/search/?init=srp&sfxp=&q=roger+lewis&o=69&c1=5#!/group.php?gid=111783948858509&ref=ts