Mark Steel died on Monday.
Who? Get comfy - this'll take a while. A few years ago I went out with a really nice guy. One of his best mates was a bloke called Mark Steel, a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Bristol Uni and he would host us staying the night when we all would go out on the lash. He had a balcony that looked over Bristol and was a great place to watch fireworks. His health was not good in the recent months and he had deteriorated a lot. He died on Monday just gone. That's his death. His life...
His mother, from what I gather, is quite a puritan. So much so that the almighty porn stash that a single guy generally accumulates in his lifetime was discovered by her at one point and made for one of those 'anecdotal tales' down the pub. Don't ask about the welcome mat. And other such sordid and witty tales down the pub he had plenty of. He was always surrounded in stories of ventures and actions recently done, yet kept very much to himself most of the time. He was a great friend at the time of myself going out with Stephen [afore mentioned boyfriend] and offered his place, his company and his wisdom freely. He didn't have much in worldly possessions and was very happy with some audio tapes and a television for company a lot of the time.
We would go for a drink or thirty and enjoy REAL ALE in a REAL ALE pub, where people are rated by size of beard and belly, not IQ and car.
I've heard that his death, in some manners, will be a good thing, releasing him from pain. I hope this to be the case, as the world is slightly less wittier place without such a man and, in my limited view, a poor trade off but fully understandable one.
The Weatherspoons in Bristol will never be the same...
RIP Dr Mark Steel, Sept 8th 2008
1 comment:
seriously, is this actually true as fact true and no joke? it's so sad, i was at uni with him, also known to us as dr bob, he was doing a phd and was our halls tutor in residence when we were 1st years, ie he lived in the corner suite while we were in the cells...he was a legend, and if he has moved to the next dimension it will be as a new orleans vampire, he tutored us in the ways of un-righteousness...he can't be gone.... tell me this is a prank please...if not let's share memories and keep his spirit alive - make mine a trip ;) x please reply x how did he go - apart from with a smile and wry gag about this mortal coil?
ali (was amos) at liverpool uni, 89-93, desoma23@gmail.com
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