Andrew Scott reading Richard Duke of Gloucester (later to become Richard III) in these two illustrative snippets from Henry VI in Simon Schama's Shakespeare series for the BBC a couple of years ago:

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As Richard III is to be played by BC in the second BBC history play series The Hollow Crown, which will feature Henry VI plus Richard III, we cannot ( Read more... )

When family life is monstrous, when does duty become mere masochism ( Read more... )

I admit that I was hooked early. The Kindle free sample chapter had me intrigued. I already knew something about the debut novel from seeing the author Samantha Shannon interviewed on television. I was immediately amused by the fact that the story was inspired by an area of central London close to Covent Garden where the author had done a brief ( Read more... )

So, the terms for the Scottish Independence referendum were sighed off earlier this month. The surrounding debates rage on. It is frustrating to be disenfranchised, but deep in this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20048521 written by a fellow expat Scot, remains ( Read more... )

There was a good programme on BBC2 yesterday evening about Ford Madox Ford the author, available on iPlayer for seven days for those who are interested and can access the resource: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ( Read more... )

On Saturday, my son and I went to see Mark Rylance in the title role of Richard III. It was my first visit to the Globe, although my son had been there on a school trip several years ago for a tour and workshop, but not to see a play performed as it was out of season ( Read more... )

If I could Apparate away for a few days, I can think of worse places to be than attending this conference at St Andrews University, listening to academics debate the literary merits of the HP series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east- ( Read more... )

Back from round trip to Scotland. Alas did not have time to stop over with friend in Leeds on the return journey despite dropping daughter off in the vicinity. Can always tell when a visit to that friend is overdue because I start to find pictures like these alluring...


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I still haven't seen a single episode of Downton Abbey, and whilst I'm sure that I would enjoy it if I ever get around to watching it, as I would anything written by or otherwise involving the very endearing Julian Fellowes (who I still think of as the hopelessly infatuated Kilwillie in Monarch of the Glen), nevertheless I am pleased to read that ( Read more... )

So, I can't find a way to make screencaps automatically on my system no matter what program I view video in or which forum I consult. It's probably a Mac related glitch. But I can now make consistent caps quite easily manually, which is what I've been doing with a short deleted scene from TTSS for practice... ( Results! )