tag:https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/node/%25/atom 2026-05-15T20:42:30+01:00 admin niwa@bt48.com 1077 Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 14:35 Letters to George and Mercy McCann MacNeice Estate 1958 Jan 25th Linen Hall Library Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF MacNeice025 Letter Puppies, B.B.C English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/macneice025 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/MacNeice025_1.jpg LHL Archive MacNeice025 simple of course if Bimba's away). Bimba has just been telling the girls at her school that I paint my toenails. She says she did this to amuse them. It should help my reputation a lot. The Australian game, as you will know, was a bit palaeolithic on their side; I think they lost it by frustrating the Irish pack. I was surprised to find in Dublin how unpopular O'Reilly has become. He's certainly a bit prima donna-ish; I watched him holding court in the Shelborne. I'm glad Mulligan is back; I think he's brilliant. The B.B.C. has accepted a suggestion of mine for an All Fools Day programme, to deal with the state of contemporary journalism and literature – a little bit of mud for everyone. Soon after that I'm being seconded for 6 months to television. Everyone here is behaving in character. Except possibly Jack, whose wife has now come to live in London. Did you hear a v. attractive programme of his called 'Twelve by the Mail'? Recent triple generalisation by Bimba: - Good People are Never Interesting: Interesting People are Always Bad: Creative People are ATROCIOUSLY Bad.' Love to both of you, Yours ever, Louis. PS. And thank you again for taking so much trouble over the tickets. Text Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 14:35