http://eastlondonhistory.com/when-scotland-met-poplar/ 2000 years of the people and places of the East End of London Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:31:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://eastlondonhistory.com/when-scotland-met-poplar/#comment-861 john Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:14:35 +0000 http://eastlondonhistory.com/when-scotland-met-poplar/#comment-861 Intriguing ... only problem here is I've never seen this 'Scotland Forever, Forever Scotland' piece he talks about, far less plagiarised it. If anyone has a copy they can let me have or tell me what the similar words are I'd be very grateful. Intriguing … only problem here is I’ve never seen this ‘Scotland Forever, Forever Scotland’ piece he talks about, far less plagiarised it. If anyone has a copy they can let me have or tell me what the similar words are I’d be very grateful.

]]> http://eastlondonhistory.com/when-scotland-met-poplar/#comment-851 john Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:44:19 +0000 http://eastlondonhistory.com/when-scotland-met-poplar/#comment-851 > Dear Ms Clay, > > Forever Scotland > > Lautreamont's dictum that plagiarism is necessary, progress implies > it, > would lead us to believe that East End Life is indeed > ³progressive². John Rennie's 'Walk the streets of Scotland' (EEL > Issue 717, p23, 14 ­ 20 July 2008) is an excellent plagiarism of > the London Psychogeographical Associations leaflet "Scotland > Forever, Forever Scotland", which was published in the 1990's. > Rennie's replacement of 'forever Caledonia' for 'Forever Scotland' > shows a classical-romantic frame of mind which Rennie criticises in > John Abbott, the chemist who named all the roads on the Aberfeldy > Estate. Rennie suggests that John Abbot may have cheated because he > used the archaic spelling of Zetland for Shetland. Mr Rennie is not > really in a position to call anyone a cheat. > > Yours sincerely > > > Fabian Tompsett, FRSA > > Dear Ms Clay,
>
> Forever Scotland
>
> Lautreamont’s dictum that plagiarism is necessary, progress implies
> it,
> would lead us to believe that East End Life is indeed
> ³progressive². John Rennie’s ‘Walk the streets of Scotland’ (EEL
> Issue 717, p23, 14 ­ 20 July 2008) is an excellent plagiarism of
> the London Psychogeographical Associations leaflet “Scotland
> Forever, Forever Scotland”, which was published in the 1990’s.
> Rennie’s replacement of ‘forever Caledonia’ for ‘Forever Scotland’
> shows a classical-romantic frame of mind which Rennie criticises in
> John Abbott, the chemist who named all the roads on the Aberfeldy
> Estate. Rennie suggests that John Abbot may have cheated because he
> used the archaic spelling of Zetland for Shetland. Mr Rennie is not
> really in a position to call anyone a cheat.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
>
> Fabian Tompsett, FRSA
>

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