I was going to post something happy but I thought I should acknowledge the death of Paul Darrow, announced yesterday, first. I can't even really put into words what Blake's 7 meant to me at one time. It sounds melodramatic but it is certainly true to say that without it I would be a different person and have lived a different life. Paul Darrow as ( Read more... )

Last year they showed the documentary “Nothing Like a Dame” on telly with theatrical Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith all filmed chatting together in Dame Joan’s garden and it was a complete delight. The only thing wrong with it from my point of view was that I realised I had never seen Dame Maggie on stage. I am ( Read more... )

I'm listening to Watership Down on audiobook at the moment (my original paperback copy got lost years ago); George Michael and I shared a birthday and Carrie Fisher and I were the same age. Richard Adams was 96 so it was to be expected but the other two... I don't think I dare read or watch anything with/about anybody I care about until 2016 is ( Read more... )

First of all Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukah to those who celebrate and Happy Thursday to the rest of us!

A bit late with the book meme but I was out for most of yesterday.

What I've finished reading hasn't changed.

What I'm Reading Now

The Black Count by Tom Reiss. This is the extraordinary story of Alex Dumas, father of novelist ( Read more... )

Today was the day the Olympic Torch came to town. I had been going to see it in the town centre but my Twittertimeline was telling me someone of interest to me was going to be carrying it on the final leg before lunch. As the torch was stopping for lunch at my nephew's school only about 100 yards away from where my brother lives I had a pretty good ( Read more... )

Not sure if it's really back but gives it an encouraging hug anyway. It definitely chose a bad time to go down with all the Merlin goodness from SDCC! I'm posting this vid just for me because I'd missed this interview before and it made me laugh so much I had to link to it. Anthony Head being even more giggly than usual with some spoilers for ( Read more... )

I don't really do RPS, though I must admit to extreme temptation at the moment, but sometimes two actors do seem to play with the idea *g*. I was reading Empire, which as celebration of 20 years publishing, has a portfolio of photos of stars of some of the most important recent films. Among these is a picture of Viggo Mortensen and Sean Bean ( Read more... )