{"id":1218,"date":"2004-06-02T16:16:15","date_gmt":"2004-06-02T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2004-06-02T16:16:15","modified_gmt":"2004-06-02T20:16:15","slug":"archbishop-pooter-retd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Pooter (ret’d.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

From time to time, I feel twinges of regret that I was so cruel, so often, to poor old George Carey. I am assured on good authority that I caused him and his family real pain: at one stage, his wife cancelled the family subscription to the Church Times<\/em> because of a particularly savage piece I wrote lampooning him in the Mail<\/em>. He was very hard-working, possessed of a shrewd understanding of evangelical politics, and personally very kind to a couple of friends of mine when they were in trouble.<\/p>\n\n

Above all, though, he was one of the great comic characters of English life; playing World Spiritual Leader with a self-importance that retirement has done nothing to diminish. Here he is on Rowan Williams:<\/p>\n\n

“He has an alpha-plus mind … His problem is, ‘How do I get my message down to ordinary people?’ I think I can connect with ordinary people … it’s not a criticism of Rowan; all I’m saying is that it would be a particular challenge for somebody who’s been an Oxford professor.” Do they see much of each other? “We get on very well and keep saying we must meet up here and have lunch, but both of us are so busy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

And he had to throw that Scarlet Johanssen out of his bed last night.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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