[{"node":{"title":"MacNeice025","Collections":"Letters to George and Mercy McCann","Contributor":"MacNeice Estate","Coverage":"1958 Jan 25th","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"MacNeice025","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Puppies, B.B.C","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/macneice025","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/MacNeice025_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"MacNeice025\n\nsimple 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 \u2013 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.\n","Type":"Text"}}]