tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post171405997920787091..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: The Ladybird Book of the Recession - Part TwoSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-80040657078766879812013-04-12T22:40:13.584+00:002013-04-12T22:40:13.584+00:00Political satire it may be, but it's a perfect...Political satire it may be, but it's a perfect tool for discussing the present economic situation with my seven year old daughter, thanks!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-87674113983935507382013-04-12T07:51:56.217+00:002013-04-12T07:51:56.217+00:00Thank you Nota Bena and Bartolomeau.
David - I...Thank you Nota Bena and Bartolomeau.<br /><br />David - I've loved to do one on Kim. He deseves to be more ridiculed than he is. There's a 'Gangnam Style' version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA88ngzBq6Y although the singer isn't fat enough to be Kim.<br /><br />As far as the US goes, I think they're showing an admirable restraint by not playing into his hands. The result is that North Korea is now more isolated than ever.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-4369662831649613922013-04-12T02:02:11.779+00:002013-04-12T02:02:11.779+00:00Brilliant, and I'd love to see one about Kim J...Brilliant, and I'd love to see one about Kim Jong Un... The bad man who tries to blow up the world.... And America said, you are very very naughty....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077781425041429384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-78423961508505593692013-04-09T08:35:27.331+00:002013-04-09T08:35:27.331+00:00Its beautifulIts beautifulbartolomeu jacqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494739432746616526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-88200224392038790022013-04-08T18:56:43.311+00:002013-04-08T18:56:43.311+00:00Truly fabulous...well doneTruly fabulous...well doneNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-85715992254780081692013-04-05T09:10:12.867+00:002013-04-05T09:10:12.867+00:00Sacrilege! I agree about Janet and John, but my lo...Sacrilege! I agree about <i>Janet and John</i>, but my love of Ladybird knows no bounds. <br /><br />I've just seen the cover for Mac and Tosh and it looks rather austere: two dogs and two cows against a blue background. The contents must be very exciting to inspire such loyalty.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-18062281712320800922013-04-05T07:37:43.540+00:002013-04-05T07:37:43.540+00:00I blame Ladybird, Janet and John and all their hid...I blame Ladybird, Janet and John and all their hideously banal utopian ilk for everything. From the moment I realised they were replacing Mac and Tosh - http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=5902536054&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dmac%2Band%2Btosh - I knew we were all going to hell in a handbasketzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-77278639293455106712013-04-04T22:01:07.381+00:002013-04-04T22:01:07.381+00:00"This is Peter. This is Jane. This is Peter a..."This is Peter. This is Jane. This is Peter and Jane" etc...<br /><br />Yes, I also learned to read courtesy of Ladybird. I now have an original illustration from one of the books proudly framed on my wall.<br /><br />The BBC pastiche was very good, created to launch the ill-fated <i>beeb.com</i>, back in 2000.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-29115870568661586012013-04-04T18:52:11.559+00:002013-04-04T18:52:11.559+00:00About 10 years ago (I think) the BBC sponsored a L...About 10 years ago (I think) the BBC sponsored a Ladybird style book to explain the Internet. It was a very good imitation (and obviously done with permission). <br /><br />I learnt to read with Labybird. I remember they did a series of books 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c and so on, each progressily harder. The a and b books were stories, the c book was exercises: less fun...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256244895723910890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-12651121114427058032013-04-04T08:16:05.325+00:002013-04-04T08:16:05.325+00:00Is it worth publishing a new set of ladybird books...Is it worth publishing a new set of ladybird books to explain the modern world to today's children I wonder? <br /><br />I reckon you're on to something here Steerforth! LxThe Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-52946294331678136532013-04-04T01:00:23.888+00:002013-04-04T01:00:23.888+00:00Steerforth, you're not alone in wondering if a...Steerforth, you're not alone in wondering if all the enforced austerity programmes from various govts. are hurting rather than helping. There was an editorial in our paper the other day about just that. And about how the Republicans are kvetching because things aren't as bad as they warned us all they'd be, if Obama was re-elected. You really have to be a die-hard political supporter to be upset when things get better, I think! xoxoCanadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-13268487909288798852013-04-03T21:26:48.653+00:002013-04-03T21:26:48.653+00:00Thanks Laura - and thanks for the link on Facebook...Thanks Laura - and thanks for the link on Facebook. Hope to see you at Lewes Poetry the 18th.<br /><br />RB - All links gratefully received! Glad you liked it.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-21926195164305950482013-04-03T19:55:50.864+00:002013-04-03T19:55:50.864+00:00Fabulous! You are so clever! I have shared it on...Fabulous! You are so clever! I have shared it on my FB page. Hope that was OK.RBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862540371776889309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-25332552602094049502013-04-03T19:31:03.378+00:002013-04-03T19:31:03.378+00:00Utterly brilliant! Thank you.Utterly brilliant! Thank you.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-48999510535033914282013-04-03T17:47:37.840+00:002013-04-03T17:47:37.840+00:00Two pages? That would be a challenge. My Ladybird ...Two pages? That would be a challenge. My Ladybird book isn't quite a complete economic tract, I'll admit, and as for the local economy issue, I omitted to acknowledge the huge influence of the internet. <br /><br />As for where the money comes from, that opens up a whole can of worms about whether it's right to speculate to accumulate. We could easily cite examples where this works (Roosevelt) and others where the resukt is a bankrupt country with hyperinflation.<br /><br />All I can see is that the current austerity programme in the UK is accelerating its decline by depressing economic activity, rather than balancing the books. But I'm just a layman.<br /><br />Glad you're enjoying 'Blood Relations' - a real page turner! Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-15644596005864395652013-04-03T16:13:30.280+00:002013-04-03T16:13:30.280+00:00Perhaps a couple of pages about where the magic go...Perhaps a couple of pages about where the magic government money comes from would have improve it. Or not.<br /><br />By the by (as you folks say), on your recommendation I got myself a copy of Blood Relations. Really enjoying it.Séamas Poncánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494376208367219789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-36243488457380250572013-04-03T12:04:43.932+00:002013-04-03T12:04:43.932+00:00I've never recovered from the fact that the fu...I've never recovered from the fact that the future didn't turn out like UFO (although I'm obviously relieved about the lack of alien attacks). Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-87862532466906630732013-04-03T11:41:41.807+00:002013-04-03T11:41:41.807+00:00Christmas always brought Ladybirds and Rupert Annu...Christmas always brought Ladybirds and Rupert Annuals to our Canadian home. The UK did indeed seem idyllic, if old fashioned. On the other hand, I knew that it was also the land of SHADO and Ziggy Stardust.<br /><br />I was eleven when I made my first Atlantic crossing. UFO had been cancelled, glam was dead, and they'd stopped making the Morris Oxford. Still, I was happy to see that it on the streets.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-54813622994346803912013-04-03T10:16:27.240+00:002013-04-03T10:16:27.240+00:00Richmonde - My father was a Ladybird dad - he look...Richmonde - My father was a Ladybird dad - he looked absurd in the 1970s and I used to plead with him to swap his Morris Oxford for a snazzy Ford Cortina. But he thought the world had gone to pot in the 1960s and refused to move with the times.<br /><br />Mark and Marianne - Yes, I wasn't sure how this would translate to non-UK/Commonwealth readers, but I'm sure that there were many similar children's books in the US that depicted an idyllic world. These images seemed a good way of making a point about certain issues without getting on a soapbox.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-52687696976931049362013-04-02T21:40:43.062+00:002013-04-02T21:40:43.062+00:00Being from Texas and not up on "Ladybird"...Being from Texas and not up on "Ladybird", I read this post as a sort of blog suicide note. I thought you were telling us that you were giving up all hope and moving to Australia to clean carpets. I rushed to read the comments and realised what your more clever readers more readily understood.Mark and Marianne Eganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994182563769783296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-45337190902522405132013-04-02T16:43:09.540+00:002013-04-02T16:43:09.540+00:00Imagine putting on a suit, hat and gloves to go sh...Imagine putting on a suit, hat and gloves to go shopping. Love that Ladybird art - I'd like the canteen on my wall. Copyright though - you need a contemporary version. I'm sure there's a talented artist out there...Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-74985544840729230322013-04-02T13:03:27.780+00:002013-04-02T13:03:27.780+00:00We love you Steerforth.
We love you Steerforth.<br />Ronnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-30505930981961797112013-04-02T11:41:24.666+00:002013-04-02T11:41:24.666+00:00Thank you Sandra. There's something terribly p...Thank you Sandra. There's something terribly poignant about the Ladybird books from the 1950s and 60s - a lost idyll. Perhaps life was never really like that, but my early childhood - in Teddington - did resemble a Ladybird book. <br /><br />I wish I knew an artist who could create some Ladybird-style illustrations of modern life. Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-56336490141850416332013-04-02T11:26:29.020+00:002013-04-02T11:26:29.020+00:00As a child I had a massive collection of this gene...As a child I had a massive collection of this generation of Ladybird books so your pastiche brought a tear to my eye.<br /><br />Wonderful stuff....I feel compelled to post a link.Sandra Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538875136752456633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-79073012891000574912013-04-02T09:40:32.810+00:002013-04-02T09:40:32.810+00:00Thanks Rob - There are a lot of things I'd lik...Thanks Rob - There are a lot of things I'd like to make IDS read!Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com