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I've just been reading a 1999 review of the book "To Convey Intelligence: The Spectator 1928-1998" by Simon Courtland. The reviewer writes at one point:
This event seems to be so "famous" that I cannot find a single online reference to it. Mailer was somewhat prone to such behaviour (his fisticuffs with Gore Vidal get/s a few hits), and Behan was also an uncouth type given to brawling; but there's nothing about a fight between these two, either in the context of a Spectator party or anywhere else.
Was the reviewer mistaken? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 01:37, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
I've concluded that the reviewer was mistaken, there being no evidence of this allegedly "famous" punch-up. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 09:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Has there been any study or history book relating to the groups of Anglo-Saxons (mainly the former nobility and their widows and children) who escaped England after the Norman Conquest and resettled as expatriates in other parts of Europe?-- 170.140.105.10 ( talk) 01:50, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Without wishing to be disrespectful, there are some howlers here which permeate several different pages. I have corrected one reference to the Reform League, Hyde Park Riot and intend to do the same for the incorrect reference to Edmund Beales and to the Reform League but the root of the problem appears to be the page on Leno. Leno could not have joined the First International in 1848 as it was not established until the 1860s. I know that, but have insufficient knowledge of Leno's life (sources are scarce) to know what alternative organisation the author was thinking of. I would like to collaborate with other scholars to tidy this up because frankly it is a mess. Is there any mechanism in Wiki through which I can request collaboration in this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.1.31 ( talk) 06:45, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
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I've just been reading a 1999 review of the book "To Convey Intelligence: The Spectator 1928-1998" by Simon Courtland. The reviewer writes at one point:
This event seems to be so "famous" that I cannot find a single online reference to it. Mailer was somewhat prone to such behaviour (his fisticuffs with Gore Vidal get/s a few hits), and Behan was also an uncouth type given to brawling; but there's nothing about a fight between these two, either in the context of a Spectator party or anywhere else.
Was the reviewer mistaken? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 01:37, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
I've concluded that the reviewer was mistaken, there being no evidence of this allegedly "famous" punch-up. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 09:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Has there been any study or history book relating to the groups of Anglo-Saxons (mainly the former nobility and their widows and children) who escaped England after the Norman Conquest and resettled as expatriates in other parts of Europe?-- 170.140.105.10 ( talk) 01:50, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Without wishing to be disrespectful, there are some howlers here which permeate several different pages. I have corrected one reference to the Reform League, Hyde Park Riot and intend to do the same for the incorrect reference to Edmund Beales and to the Reform League but the root of the problem appears to be the page on Leno. Leno could not have joined the First International in 1848 as it was not established until the 1860s. I know that, but have insufficient knowledge of Leno's life (sources are scarce) to know what alternative organisation the author was thinking of. I would like to collaborate with other scholars to tidy this up because frankly it is a mess. Is there any mechanism in Wiki through which I can request collaboration in this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.1.31 ( talk) 06:45, 29 April 2014 (UTC)