I know I really shouldn’t leave these alerts so late, but here we go anyway.<\/p>\n
I’m giving another mini-lecture at the Camden School Of Enlightenment tomorrow. It’s about modern cliches – which is in itself a cliched thing to talk about. There’s plenty of stocking-filler type books out there on the subject, and ranting articles in the press by self-appointed arbiters of good writing. Some cliches are used to engender superiority (A corporate crook: “I was disappointed<\/em> in the police for catching me… I felt their action was inappropriate”). <\/em>But identifying cliches also risks a certain vanity on my part (Reader’s voice: “Why stop now?”).<\/p>\n <\/em>So I’ll try to focus on my own taste and (one hopes) provide fresher musings on why a gentle usage of cliches can in fact be a good thing.<\/p>\n Details:<\/p>\n Date: Tuesday July 12th 2011 ***<\/p>\n The issue of the New Escapologist with my article on Bohemian Bedsit living is still available. It’s issue #5 and also contains\u00c2\u00a0Alain de Botton,\u00c2\u00a0Reggie C. King, Neil Scott and many others. It’s more like a literary periodical than a magazine: no ads, proper spine.<\/p>\n
\nTime: Doors 7.30pm. Acts start 8pm. I’m on at about 9.40pm – 10pm.
\nWhere: \u00c2\u00a0Upstairs at The Camden Head, 100 Camden High Street, London NW1 0LU.
\nCost: Free.
\nMore info at: http:\/\/www.csofe.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n