Talk:Nick Hornby

POV
I'm just ranting here. I can't bear to NPOV this "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" puff piece. Help! Caltrop 03:47, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. Added a request for cleanup... Gabriel Roth 02:38, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Anyone up for a list-style bibliography at the end? Zephyrprince 02:47, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * I've removed the cleanup notice. I don't know if some work has been done since it was added but I can see nothing in the article to justify it now. --Cherry blossom tree 22:08, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm the one who added the cleanup notice. I agree that it's no longer warranted -- the article's a lot better. Thanks to everyone who improved it. Gabriel Roth 16:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Class
"Hornby belonged to the English upper-class"........ this seems to be a bit wrong to me. In Britain, as opposed to America, "upper-class" should properly speaking mean the old landed aristocracy or gentry. Even the richest businessman is by definition bourgeois - Marx's definition of the middle-class.

Okay, I accept that the American use of the terminology has, sadly, infected the English language, and many will just use the term "upper-class" to mean the richest, or the rulers of society. Even then though, was Hornby's dad really one of the richest and/or most influential businessmen in the UK? There is no evidence for this. That Hornby went to grammar school rather than public/private school seems to back this up. Anyway, to summarise, I believe this defintion of "upper-class" is a peculiarly American piece if milabling, and suggest changing to either "middle-class" or "upper-middle class."

I have to smile. A review I once read of "Fever Pitch" said that it was about "growing up poor in north London and supporting the working class Arsenal Football Club". Hornby is the son of a kinght, grew up in middle class Maidenhead, went to the local grammar school and then Cambridge University. The Rough Guide to European soccer describes Arsenal fans as "well-heeled and well-behaved". Millbanks 08:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, no objections? I'm changing it to middle-class. Cite if you disagree.

That's fine. Hornby is one of those people who make the English feel uncomfortable, because it's hard to label him. He's a football fan and a grammar school boy with an estuary accent. He's also the Cambridge-educated son of a knight. When Fever Pitch was read on "Book at Bedtime", there were objections because it was perceived to be unsuitable. I doubt if many of those objecting had degees in English from Cambridge or anywhere else. Millbanks (talk) 08:17, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

I see that Hornby has been "blamed" for the fact that you might sit next to a solicitor at a football match. I've changed "blamed" to "credited". Studies have shown that football support is drawn from a complete cross section of society, and the implication that there's somehow something wrong with a solicitor going to football match is an odious manifestation of the nasty English class system. Millbanks (talk) 22:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Once more unto the breach
I heard hornby stole all his best ideas from long-time arsenal hot-dog seller "Fat Harry" Haritakis. And while hornby bagged the millions, Fat Harry has to soldier on with his famous frankfurter stand (although I believe he's now doing quite well with his burgers as well). Turn right out of the Arsenal station - get em while they're hot, they're lovely!  LutherFlint 23:45, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Remove sentence
The following sentence has had a Ref. Request tag since Nov 2007. Should we now remove the unreferenced sentence?
 * "Hornby and Marah (whose small but intensely dedicated band of fans also includes Stephen King and Bruce Springsteen) have worked together on this project over time, and together put on a show of all the essays and songs, concluding with his essay about Marah themselves, and followed by a full concert of the band's own songs." --BwB (talk) 11:52, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

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"Website" link is spam
The website http://nickhornbyofficial.com/ doesn't seem to have anything to do with Nick Hornby. Briankharvey (talk) 02:20, 16 June 2024 (UTC)