Monday, 6 November 2017

Happy Birthday Joni

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74 tomorrow, Happy Birthday to our icon (whom I met in 1972, when we were both in our twenties, as per previous reports at label), Joni M...
Saturday, 4 November 2017

Grace for the weekend

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It sounds like all my clubbing nights rolled into one!
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Thursday, 26 October 2017

"Life during wartime" ...

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Given my penchant for  1940s British movies, both of the war years and that grim post-war era, its surprising I never saw WATERLOO ROAD ...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Vanishing London - an occasional series

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Today: Sandwich bars The evolution of London into the new metropolis continues with the rise of all those new eateries and trendy new r...
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Monday, 23 October 2017

The Crown

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Slight reservations about the massive Netflix series THE CROWN , Series 1 is now a 4 dvd pack (10 one-hour long episodes), as they film S...
Saturday, 21 October 2017

An Irish cottage for the weekend ...

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Its a weekend with THE QUIET MAN - John Ford's immortal piece of Irish whimsy from 1952. No matter how many times I have seen it (qu...
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Thursday, 19 October 2017

RIP, continued

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Danielle Darrieux (1917-2017), aged 100. Madame Darrieux, one of France's premier stars clocked up 140 credits, including several cl...
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Gloria Grahame

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Gloria Graham (1923-1981) is being celebrated by a two-part season at London's BFI.  The season will tie in with the release of F...
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Wednesday, 18 October 2017

"100 thrillers to see before you die"

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Here's a doozy for lovers of lists and thrillers. The British Film Institute has come up with 100 listed alphabetically. See them all a...
Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Marilyn by Milton

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She really was the most photographed woman ever, and this stunning new tome THE ESSENTIAL MARILYN MONROE with 280 full page photographs co...
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Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Strictly 2017

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Another year, another BBC dance  marathon for  winter weekends: STRICTLY COME DANCING . Of course  after 15 years with 15 contestants each ...
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RIP, continued

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Suzan Farmer (1942-2017) aged 75. During my absence some big hitters have departed the  scene,  who have been praised enough (Sir Bruce ...
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Saturday, 19 August 2017

Follies concert, 1985

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A group of showgirls from the Weismann Follies in the 1940s reunite in the 1970s. Originally produced in 1971 where it was a critical s...
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Sunday, 13 August 2017

Odd man out?

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Thanks once again to Colin for finding this rarity: Alain, Marianne and a rather put-out Mick Jagger, for once not the centre of attentio...
Thursday, 10 August 2017

Summer re-views: Payroll - 1961

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PAYROLL.  A tough, tense thriller which I had enjoyed as a young teen in 1961,  PAYROLL  is a real treat now. Sidney Hayers film shows the...
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Monday, 7 August 2017

Start the revolution without me - 1970

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Here's a forgotten, over-looked treat for a dull afternoon - I saw it in 1970 but it seems we all forgot about it.  START THE R...
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Saturday, 5 August 2017

RIP, continued ....

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Barbara Cook (1927-2017),  aged 89.  Barbara was one of the legendary Broadway divas and remained much-loved to the end. She starred in s...
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5th August 1962

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I suppose we should mention that Marilyn Monroe departed on this date 55 years ago, in 1962. I remember it well, being 16 at the time, an...
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Gina & her photos ...

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My friend Martin came up with one of his cheap typical cracks on reading my piece on Gina at 90 - he had to wonder what she looked like n...
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Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Imelda rehearsing Follies

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She never stops! Imelda played Mama Rose in GYPSY all last year ("Sing out, Louise"), and played Martha in the recent London...
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Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Jeanne Moreau, RIP

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We are sad indeed to read that French icon Jeanne Moreau has passed away at age 89. Moreau (1928-2017) also sang, directed and wrote scre...
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actors and actresses again ...

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Perhaps only another list obsessive would get my compulsion for compiling lists, particularly of favourite actresses and stars - the kind o...
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Monday, 31 July 2017

Summer chillout

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Its that time when we plan our summer chillout,  with chilled drinks and snacks on the balcony (we are ten floors up in a new apartment b...
Sunday, 9 July 2017

Nineties Nu-Soul Queens ...

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For the weekend: a look back at those new '90s music divas  with their funky grooves that got us going then - line them up: Des'Re...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Gina - 90 !

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We quite like Gina Lollobrigida here and she turned 90 yesterday! (Sophia is a mere 82, Jeanne Moreau almost 90 as well ...). We grew up ...
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