[lbo-talk] Re: Hitch does stand-up

[Timothy Francis-Wright]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> A friend writes...
> 
> >(from the Guardian about the Hay literary festival):-
> >Christopher Hitchens is a prized member of the Hay team so it's no
> >surprise to find him interviewing Eric Hobsbawn and headlining
> >debates on imperialism, America and Evelyn Waugh. But tomorrow night
> >he is also performing his first UK stand-up gig, billed as Lenny
> >Bruce meets PG Wodehouse.

I prefer to think of it as Hay-on-Wye meets Hitch-on-Rye.

--tim francis-wright (who recalls an erstwhile theater, now a huge 
used book store, in Hay-on-Wye)