You know, Harper Lee died yesterday …
Which is sad. I read To Kill A Mockingbird — many years ago — and, while it’s not my favourite book, it’s still one that left a mark on me and many other people.
One I felt deserved company from a writer who clearly had a knack for it.
We’ll never know, now, whether she had more, other than Go Set A Watchman.
~≈É≈~
It get’s worse. I’m listening to Radio 4’s Today programme. And they’ve just announced the death of Umberto Eco, the man who wrote The Name of the Rose: a book I loved, as I did it’s accompanying film.
Personally? I might just have to re-read both The Name of the Rose, and To Kill A Mockingbird, as a mark of respect to both.
Not doing so? Would be rude.
~≈É≈~
In the midst of all this? The fact Prime Minister David Cameron has renegotiated the terms of the various EU treaties governing the UK’s membership of the organization, and will be announcing the date of the referendum* on the subject at some point today, practically gets overlooked.
~≈É≈~
