Joey Russ 7,228 Posted July 29, 2017 26 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I think the situation is getting worse. Some Guardian commenter alerted me to the fact that his column has been absent for weeks. Now someone on Tiwtter observed that the Guardian magazine no longer features the line "Clive James is away". So he's probably not going to return... I think if he dies this year, he's going to turn into a decisive hit this year, as Still Life, Shaun of the Dead, and The Living End has him on their team, and I think any of those three has potential to win the whole thing. My gut feeling, however, is that it'll become another Megrahi situation, where he was taken off the list, but the following year, gets put back on the year and becomes a hit when he returns... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted July 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I think if he dies this year, he's going to turn into a decisive hit this year, as Still Life, Shaun of the Dead, and The Living End has him on their team, and I think any of those three has potential to win the whole thing. My gut feeling, however, is that it'll become another Megrahi situation, where he was taken off the list, but the following year, gets put back on the year and becomes a hit when he returns... Glad you rate my chances so highly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 29, 2017 He's been gone for a while. My thoughts: either he's on the road out before Christmas, or The Guardian have sacked him for being in a recent book about climate change denial, or he quit because apparently he's fed up with leftist media. All of which sounds like the chemo is adling his brain, tbh. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted July 29, 2017 1 minute ago, msc said: He's been gone for a while. My thoughts: either he's on the road out before Christmas, or The Guardian have sacked him for being in a recent book about climate change denial, or he quit because apparently he's fed up with leftist media. All of which sounds like the chemo is adling his brain, tbh. He was pictured in hospital recently and the guardian knew his views on climate change when they took him on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Shaun of the Dead said: He was pictured in hospital recently and the guardian knew his views on climate change when they took him on. Aye, because he got sacked from...I forget who, for it. Telegraph? Never rule out the schizo-mood swings of the Guardian editorial staff, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted July 29, 2017 I'm taking the "timer's on" stance here, for someone who enjoys the spotlight as much as Clive ending his column def seems ominous. Assuming it was a voluntary move, of course. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted July 29, 2017 I will be very sorry to see him go- when he does.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted July 29, 2017 Yeah I mean Clive would most likely go into great detail about his situation if he could. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted August 12, 2017 7 weeks now since he published a column. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 12, 2017 The Mail quoted him on bloody Diana last week: Quote Broadcaster and writer Clive James, who became a close friend and regular lunch companion of the princess, observed, ‘She chose the men with whom she got involved very well because they have all been extraordinarily discreet – with one exception.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4733472/Charles-knew-Diana-s-affair-didn-t-care.html#ixzz4pYjBsd3R Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted August 12, 2017 Is there any indication that he said it recently though? I mean, this is all old stuff, isn't it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted August 18, 2017 For those of you still pondering the reasons for the end of Clive's Guardian columns, a comment on the Instagram upload of one of those hospital photos which I mentioned previously in this thread reveals that 'he was finding writing to deadlines difficult'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted September 25, 2017 Now 3 months without an article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted September 25, 2017 On 12/20/2016 at 13:58, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Ive just seen a clip of a longer interview with him, to be shown this evening, on BBC Look East. Its about his cancer and treatment at Addenbrookes, he lives in Cambridge. He looks bad, sounds bad, certainly not the person you would remember seeing. I think, unfortunately, a certainty for 2017. See? I told you he was in a bad way NINE MONTHS AGO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 25, 2017 He's going to go on New Year's Eve isn't he? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 25, 2017 It's to the point Clive James is clickbait. I won't be opening this thread in the near future. So this would be a great place to besmirch my good name lol SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted September 25, 2017 Biggest Deathlist miss ever if he dies before January 1st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 25, 2017 13 minutes ago, ebless said: Biggest Deathlist miss ever if he dies before January 1st. That'll probably make Patrick Moore mad... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted September 25, 2017 4 hours ago, ebless said: Biggest Deathlist miss ever if he dies before January 1st. Oh do fuck off. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted October 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, Sean said: 78 Today I wonder if he's celebrating it like it's his last birthday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted October 7, 2017 32 minutes ago, msc said: I wonder if he's celebrating it like it's his last birthday. Nah, you’re only 77 once 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted October 7, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 10:43, ebless said: Biggest Deathlist miss ever if he dies before January 1st. I don't think any death this year will be bigger then Ralphie May 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted October 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, CaptainChorizo said: I don't think any death this year will be bigger then Ralphie May I raise you one Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted October 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Death Impends said: I raise you one Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty. Nah, Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. That was a big name. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites