The other day I linked to the funny blog
Eccles and Bosco is saved. I had a troubled email about it from a priest who had followed a link on the sidebar, and several others were a bit iffy. During the blognic at the Coal Hole last night, after saying goodbye to a friendly journalist from the Economist who wanted to talk to myself and Fr Z about the growing popularity of the
usus antiquior, I suggested that Dillydaydream, the highly proficient commenter and internet sleuth, would be able to shed light on the matter of Eccles and Bosco if we could contact her some time.
Shortly afterwards, she walked into the pub, generously shared a bottle of red wine (for those not drinking Brains) and explained everything. You can never predict what is going to happen at a Catholic blognic.
Now we have an authoritative account from Eccles himself:
New readers start here. It is a very helpful explanation but does lead me to worry that people who already find English satire difficult to follow will start self-harming.
9 comments:
Eccles is definitely one of the good guys, as well as an often laugh-out-loud read. I'm glad he's explained the genesis of his blog, which may have given rise to misunderstandings among new readers unless they had also been assiduous followers of Damian Thompson's blog (and, even more, its comment threads). It would be a shame if the wild speculation which seems to have been going around recently got in the way of the appreciation of a prime example of English satirical writing.
Perhaps this is an opportunity for Strawberry Hill to run a course entitled Satire 101.
Paul - I think I deleted a comment of yours by mistake. Feel free to re-send it.
Eccles is a good 'un.
I won't bother thanks - given history's already been re-written in so many ways there's little point trying to stop this farce...
Eccles is a sound Catholic (and a comic genius too, imo).
Here in Erith library Eccles has been censored i.e The site you have chosen has been categorized as: Profanity This presumably applies to all PCs connected to the London Grid for Learning. Free Eccles 2012?
Eccles is a darling, and his comments send up a certain type of anti- Catholicism, as well as mocking certain types of trendiness - all good fun.
Eccles is one of the few people who treats me like an actual human being. I understand his satire and I have Asperger Syndrome. Because of that disorder, satire isn't something I usually get unless it is from someone I know very well or unless I am the one being satirical. Eccles is a Godsend.
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