It doesn't sound like it was quite the erudite examination into the potential of statistical analysis of hockey that one might have hoped for.
For the coming autumn collection – which starts to hit shelves in August – suitably erudite inspirations include a book of photographs by the architect John Pawson ("amazing images of nature, with intense autumnal colours, bold oranges and saffrons", says Andersson) as well as Patti Smith and Nick Cave.
Piketty delivers this speech, erudite and powerful, with a quiet passion.
The early signs were that the expressive and erudite Poyet, fresh from delivering Premier League salvation for Sunderland, was a good early bet for the best newcomer on the punditry couch.
Just a few hours after Air Force One left Dublin and crossed the Irish Sea, there was a fascinating debate on RTE's Frontline programme, hosted by the excellent and erudite Irish broadcaster Pat Kenny.
Richard Barnett's superbly erudite and lucid accompanying text would really suffice in itself as an introduction to the history of western medical science.
It might not seem wise to start an argument with a poet and erudite translator of biblical texts on the meaning of words – particularly one so stubborn as to declare "I can gladly accept a criminal conviction, but not a restriction of our vocabulary".
At the time Mr Obama was among the most liberal members of the Senate, a darling of progressives, unmatched in his erudite and eloquent grasp of policy detail.
Non-violence may be a good way of tweaking the conscience of a liberal society, but it is a hopeless way of confronting tyrants, aggressors and madmen.Mark Kurlansky, in his erudite and eloquent book, tries to put the other side.
Would a black man who had pickaxed a white couple to death but had seen the light in prison and become a devout and erudite Muslim have found such support?
But what at the outset promises to be magisterial and erudite in the end turns out to be merely long-winded and pretentious.
