Academic and author Richard Hoggart dies, aged 95

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Sat 12 Apr, 2014 9:24 pm

Brought up in Leeds.I always liked to listen to this guy in the old black and white documentaries, he had classic Leeds accent.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment ... 82331Never knew his son was Simon Hoggart who died recently.Piece in tonight's/yesterday's Evening Post about the man.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 12 Apr, 2014 10:22 pm

[quThanks for posting.te nick="Leeds Hippo"]Brought up in Leeds.I always liked to listen to this guy in the old black and white documentaries, he had classic Leeds accent.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment ... 82331Never knew his son was Simon Hoggart who died recently.Piece in tonight's/yesterday's Evening Post about the man.Thanks for posting, although I can't say I'd heard of him before reading this article.It seems he was right about television though, wasn't he?

Pong e Beck · Post by **Pong e Beck** » Wed 16 Apr, 2014 8:00 am

If you look in R.H.'s seminal book "The Uses Of Literacy" sitting on the step, feet in the street, is touched on 'In The Neighbourhood' of back to back houses. This is a pastime I indulged in until leaving Leeds for County Durham in2006.