tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post2091820827070185287..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: London Book Fair - subjective comments by a visitorDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-1987659638788049152009-04-23T13:55:00.000+01:002009-04-23T13:55:00.000+01:00Yes, I heard someone using the very word "airless"...Yes, I heard someone using the very word "airless" during the other Nordic drinkies crush. Even Earls Court, which has mercifully high ceilings to accommodate air, was a bit stuffy.<br /><br />Dress codes for the 21st century should be revised in the direction of realism. I walked around the fair itself in a short-sleeved shirt. So many executives and bestseller-selling wannabes were waltzing Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-33136953008512627632009-04-23T13:03:00.000+01:002009-04-23T13:03:00.000+01:00I'm glad you had a good trip to the Book Fair, Eri...I'm glad you had a good trip to the Book Fair, Eric, and thank you for giving an account of your time there. <br /><br />I just didn't have the stamina for it this year. One other person who was at the Fair described the Nordic Tuesday evening do as "the prospect of an airless 2 hrs shouting in those over-dressed rooms w c. 1000 others", and I'm afraid that on past experience there I agree...David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.com