Good Grief ! I have been unable to access the mighty BEEF Forum for months due to computer security programmes, but here I am again, and nothing has changed.
Lets be clear, LJK Setright's writing is intelligent and elegant, but his style does not suit all tastes. In terms of accuracy, remember he was not a trained engineer (his training was legal). But while there may be a few mistakes in the detail of his writing, whether technical engineeering errors, or errors of historical fact, they are as nothing compared to the immense body of work in which he tried to communicate the excitement and pleasure gained from both the use of, and understanding of, good engineering.
Culturally speaking, we need more from his mould.
Who doesn't have their foibles ? LJKS was human.
Clarkson, meanwhile, who is actually a very able man, wastes the immense opportunity given to him to 'educate' with purile entertainment instead.
Thor.
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