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mickyv



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:30 pm    Post subject: Harold Pinter Reply with quote

Following Harold Pinter being honoured by France last week, by being presented with its highest award, the Legion D'Honneur, it reminded me that I had not actually seen the complete Nobel Lecture he gave when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2005. After tracking it down, and seeing the whole thing, I realise the extent as to what a brave, profound and powerful speech it was. I urge all those who have only seen clips or extracts, to make the effort to view the complete lecture;

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture.html
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I started to watch it but the sound quality is really poor even on the so-called "high quality" version. Shame really.
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mickyv



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try watching it on one of the YouTube links. This one seems ok;

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