Still haven’t got anywhere with the Big Task – Moldova report – and I have the spectre of two more coming in next week looming over me. So at last, at 6 pm on Friday, I am at least going through the week’s email and drawing up a list of things that Must Be Done on Monday. That gives me the illusion of being in control of the paper and email mountain…
So far, most of the eulogies of Christopher have come from men, and there’s a reason for that. He moved in a masculine world, and for someone who prided himself on his wide-ranging interests, he had virtually no interest in women’s writing or women’s lives or perspectives.
Read what he said about women and comedy. Better still, don’t… http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/01/hitchens200701