Kenneth Williams again

I am nearing the end of KW's magnificent diary. It's a truly fascinating read. The man was a complete conundrum. Capable of sensitivity and kindness and adept at cutting through cant and hypocrisy, and yet he held some pretty atrocious views - somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan. I think maybe he liked stirring the pot so to speak, wanted to say outrageous things as an act of rebellion and defiance. I guess he wanted to act and speak freely not constrained by conformist moral values. He looked down on sanctimonious left wing liberals. While I am not sure this leads him down very desirable avenues - I do have some sympathy with his position. There are some on the liberal left nowadays who are pretty unbearable in their self-righteousness and holier than thou stance. Also some of these excessively goody types seem to have a tendency to tunnel vision and following dogma rather blindly. I can understand Ken not having much time for the Redgrave family. Vanessa in the political arena always seems a bit of a pain to me - sees herself as a latterday saint I think