Libby Purves or Tom Cunliffe?

[Captain_Cava]

Who would you choose to have dinner with?

 

[DickB]

Libby any day... They both write well, but I think her humour has the edge...

 

[FullCircle]

Libby, and she can bring the owd fella along too, he's also done a bit.

 

[oldharry]

Libby, Libby, Libby.

A woman who regards her bra as a good place to keep spare shackles has got to be worth meeting...... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[davel]

Good question.

Not sure.

Which of them is the best cook?

 

[aitchw]

Libby, no question. She is one of the best conversationalists on the radio. Smashing woman.

 

[Koeketiene]

Libby - good, well rounded conversationalist. Her sailing seems relevant to what we do.

TC - goes round and round and round in ever decreasing circles and will eventually disappear up his own a-hole.
Have tried, on numerous occasions, to read his column - furthest I got was halfway. Then I slipped into a coma.

 

[Judders]

Both!

But if you made me go one way or the other it would be TC.

 

[ccscott49]

Neither! But if pushed it would have to be Libby, cant stand TC.

 

[zzjfawce]

Although some on this post find TC's column a bit tedious, I personally find it a good read and if I had the chance to go sailing with him I would jump at it. With respect to LP, the Today programme was never the same after the era of Brian Redhead and Libby Purves IMHO, and has been pointed out, she is an outstanding conversationalist. So for the dinner thing, she gets my vote. Also, as someone with a poor head for the grog, perhaps less chance of an almighty hangover with her than after a night out with TC.

 

[suse]

Oh, Libby any day!! She's been a heroine of mine for years - one day I'll write her a fan letter and worry her....

S x

 

[Jezlyn]

It would be unfair to choose as I have no experience of eating dinner with Tom Cunliffe. However Libby Purves did have dinner with us as guest speaker at the RNSA East Coast Branch winter dinner a couple of years. Her after dinner lecture (completely unpaid with just a contribution to sailing charities) was a delight.

 

[Santana379]

No question - Libby.

I don't listen to her on the radio, but her column in the newspaper is quite brilliant. I find it impossible to disagree with any of her reasoning. She's liberal, without being overly so, very intelligent indeed, totally reasonable and rational, logical, humourous when appropriate, and extremely eloquent.

Nothing wrong with Tom at all, and if Libby were unavailable, a very good stand in. He's someone from whom I suspect most leisure sailors could learn a great deal.

Little Knot

 

[Kilter]

[ QUOTE ]
No question - Libby.

I don't listen to her on the radio, but her column in the newspaper is quite brilliant. I find it impossible to disagree with any of her reasoning. She's liberal, without being overly so, very intelligent indeed, totally reasonable and rational, logical, humourous when appropriate, and extremely eloquent.

Nothing wrong with Tom at all, and if Libby were unavailable, a very good stand in. He's someone from whom I suspect most leisure sailors could learn a great deal.

Little Knot

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That says everything I was about to apart from the fact that I do listen to her on the radio! Thanks Bill!

 

[stevebrassett]

I think I'd rather sail with TC, then he could drop me off for dinner with Libby.

 

[pelicanpete]

I thought I was alone in being the only person never to be able to finish one of Cunliffe's articles. Now I don't feel so bad...
My vote is for Libby!

 

[demonboy]

Cunliffe. I'd cook for him, wash-up, then cast off and spend the next 6 hours getting him running round the deck doing stuff whilst I shout orders from the helm /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Steve_R]

Libby for me too.
I have learned a lot from Tom's books, but I have had some nagging doubts about Tom since reading 'Island Race' by John McCarthy.

 

[badman]

Libby of cousre Tom would drink all the booze.

 

[Goldie]

Libby - fine taste in boats..... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif