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[rowanberries]

Back at Uni.

First day back was... long. Two hours dissertation tutoring, one hour running around the library for books, three hours Special Subject seminar, one hour reading, hour and a half's choir. I got in at twenty to nine, and dinner wasn't ready until quarter to ten. Excellent time-management, Amy. *Facepalm*

I'ma just eat chocolate and watch Taken tonight, I think.

Comments

[kissmemalfoy.livejournal.com]

sounds like an excellent plan :)

complicated posting

[devifemme.livejournal.com]

Sorry to trouble you, but you and Gramarye were chatting about her review of "Never Again: Britain 1945-51" by Peter Hennessy; I tried to comment there, but she's not permitting comments by non-friends. Perhaps you could share this with her:

Not to contradict for its own sake, but all those losses of UK dollar reserves had nearly NOTHING to do with "purchas[ing] the newest films from Hollywood." It couldn't have been even a tenth of a percentage point of the foreign exchange outflow -- which went on food and other consumables, Lend-Lease and other debt repayment, capital goods, and dozens of other, larger categories.

But I liked her review; interesting that you both are keen on knowing about that wrenching period.

Sincerely, Justine

ps -- normally, I'm not nearly this pedantic, honest! Come check out my silly LJ blog.

Re: complicated posting

[gramarye1971]

rowanberries pointed out this post to me -- I thought I'd adjusted my settings to allow comments from non-friends, but it looks like my settings didn't take. ^^;;

Yep, I'm well aware that there were many reasons for the loss of the dollar reserves, such as the ones you mentioned above -- films were only a very small portion of the overall total. It's mostly that I'd never really considered the possibility that films could have been another source of concern, to the point where (IIRC) the Attlee Government tried to impose quotas on film imports from the States and encouraged the Ealing comedies and other British-made films of the day. Anything to keep a few thousands dollars in the reserves. It's these little aspects of history that make Hennessy's book so interesting -- which, again, was a significant part of why the stylistic issues bothered me so much.

Re: complicated posting

[devifemme.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the nice reply! Now, did you happen to check the "not-pedantic" part, my kinda-casual blog? And, if so, would you like to friend?