tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post3359761904910649173..comments2024-03-28T19:02:37.054+00:00Comments on More than Writers: A Simpler, Fresher, More Innocent World?auntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-84281093608243819892018-07-05T15:40:11.902+01:002018-07-05T15:40:11.902+01:00Ha, I agree with Fran! Who needs the stocks when ...Ha, I agree with Fran! Who needs the stocks when there's the mob rule of Twitter? (Although bear-baiting is horrific ...)<br /><br />I think it's all too easy for us to forget that rural life was extremely hard and could be brutal, e.g. the Highland Clearances and the 1840s famine in Ireland. The novels of Thomas Hardy don't portray 19th century rural England as some kind of idyll. There's a rough beauty there, but Hardy doesn't sugar-coat it.<br /><br />I had no idea about the origins of Naive Art. :) Thank you!Philippa Lintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168681041793334803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-40789865692118739162018-07-04T10:45:18.271+01:002018-07-04T10:45:18.271+01:00Thoughtful post! I'm not sure we're much m...Thoughtful post! I'm not sure we're much more sophisticated, really. We've swapped bear-baiting for Twitter, that's all! Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.com