oh the poor - by the Lovvies

[OwlHoot]

I've got 20 in my shed and for only 30 quid a week each.

Sasguru

Only 30 quid a week, the softie? He could be charging them £100 a week each!

[MarillionFan]

I think he is a good egg for inviting the lady stay on his land. It probably didn't improve his view or environment particularly. Anybody here invited a homeless person to live in their house or garden?

Regarding the play, he probably wrote it to highlight her plight, rather than to make money. It's likely he has enough money already.

I've got 20 in my shed and for only 30 quid a week each.

Sasguru

[d000hg]

I think he is a good egg for inviting the lady stay on his land. It probably didn't improve his view or environment particularly. Anybody here invited a homeless person to live in their house or garden?

No but I know a couple of households who do do this and am filled with admiration for them.

[unixman]

I think he is a good egg for inviting the lady stay on his land. It probably didn't improve his view or environment particularly. Anybody here invited a homeless person to live in their house or garden?

Regarding the play, he probably wrote it to highlight her plight, rather than to make money. It's likely he has enough money already.

[MarillionFan]

Alan Bennett says 'we treat the poor as badly as the Tudors did' | Daily Mail Online

exploit the poor moi?

poor woman is dead and yet he uses her to sell tickets - nice.

What the hell is wrong with some people. If someone wants to live in a van, or a cardboard box, or in a doorway that's up to them. Why do people insist on forcing their ideas of 'living on a house' to everyone. Bloody Tories.

[vetran]

Alan Bennett says 'we treat the poor as badly as the Tudors did' | Daily Mail Online

We treat the poor as badly as the Tudors did, says Alan Bennett: Playwright speaks out as he discusses his new film
Mary Shepherd lived outside his Notting Hill home in a van for 15 years
Said a homeless person would be less welcome in the same street today
Bennett's made comments as he spoke about The Lady in The Van
The film is an adaptation of his play about Miss Shepherd starring Dame Maggie Smith

He said he had been Miss Sheppard’s ‘contact with normality’. Bennett worked at a desk in a bay window of his house which overlooked her van on the street. His work began to be affected when he saw youngsters teasing her so he suggested she move on to his front garden so he could get on with his work.

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He said he remembered seeing Miss Sheppard during walks around the area in the 80s, when many ‘cultural titans’ lived locally.

Hytner said composer George Fenton ‘shudders in horror’ when Miss Sheppard’s name is mentioned and film director Stephen Frears said they ‘might just as well make a film about Goebbels’.

Miss Sheppard is described as being ‘to the right of UKIP’ in her political views.

exploit the poor moi?

poor woman is dead and yet he uses her to sell tickets - nice.