{"id":644,"date":"2004-04-23T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2004-04-23T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/04\/a_woman_with_her_irish_up\/"},"modified":"2004-04-23T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2004-04-23T17:20:16","slug":"a_woman_with_her_irish_up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/04\/a_woman_with_her_irish_up.html","title":{"rendered":"A WOMAN WITH HER IRISH UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>I wish I&#8217;d known <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A32971-2004Apr22.html\"><B><EM><F\nONT color=#003399>this woman<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>. Have a look at some of <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/opinion\/columns\/mcgrorymary\/\"><B><EM><FO\nNT color=#003399>her columns<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> and <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A35280-2004Apr22.html\"><B><EM><F\nONT color=#003399>memorable words<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>. Robin Toner&#8217;s <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/04\/23\/politics\/23MCGR.html\"><B><EM><FONT\ncolor=#003399>touching obituary<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> quotes her as saying: &#8220;I should<br \/>\nconfess that I always felt a little sorry for people who didn&#8217;t work for newspapers.&#8221; She said it<br \/>\nbefore &#8220;the recent troubles,&#8221; to use an Irish phrase for the <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.editorandpublisher.com\/eandp\/news\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=10004\n94904\"><B><EM><FONT color=#003399>Blairs and Kelleys<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> and<br \/>\ntheir ilk. But I can&#8217;t imagine even their malfeasance changing her feeling.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><B>Postscript:<\/B> Kevin Spacey also has <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/arts\/guesteditors\/story\/0,14481,1200879,00.html\"><B><EM><\nFONT color=#003399>a thing for newspapers<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><FONT\ncolor=#000000>.<\/FONT><\/A> In London, where he &#8220;just unveiled plans for his first season as<br \/>\nartistic director at the Old Vic,&#8221; he went so far as to join the fold of ink-stained wretches by<br \/>\nediting today&#8217;s <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/arts\/guesteditors\/page\/0,14481,1191882,00.html\"><B><FONT\ncolor=#003399><EM>Kevin Spacey issue<\/EM><\/FONT><\/B><\/A> in The Guardian&#8217;s<br \/>\ncontinuing series of special reports on the arts.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I&#8217;d known this woman. Have a look at some of her columns and memorable words. 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