7) The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen, translated and edited by Jeffrey Frank and Diana Crone Frank
I thought this was a tremendously good presentation of the great HCA stories; some of them of course I knew from the various versions of my childhood, but all of them (Except the very short “Princess and the Pea”) have something a little more in the original. For once, the introduction was interesting and the endnotes helpful; a really good presentation from Granta.
I wouldn’t mind if the gutter press would just stay in the gutter.
My problem is that I can’t turn on the BBC or read supposedly quality papers without getting a facefull of commentary on what the gutter press are up to.
I was particularly disappointed during the last superinjunction “scandal” that the BBC and the Independent were crying lack of press freedom. I find it more than a little problematic that practically no one in this country thinks that anyone who has ever done anything in the public eye is entitled to any small measure of privacy. Including people I would like to think better of.
(For the record, I am Not British).