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Politics, yes. But also film, theatre, music etc.
Mike Hodges’ last film.
Worth seeing for its sense of people and places, especially round SW9 where I used to live.
Or for a more eloquent description:
"Does the film work? All I know is that it stays in my mind for its ambitiously autumnal essence.’ (Andrew Sarris)
#film
Worth seeing for its sense of people and places, especially round SW9 where I used to live.
Or for a more eloquent description:
"Does the film work? All I know is that it stays in my mind for its ambitiously autumnal essence.’ (Andrew Sarris)
#film
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Mike Hodges’ last film.
Worth seeing for its sense of people and places, especially round SW9 where I used to live.
Or for a more eloquent description:
"Does the film work? All I know is that it stays in my mind for its ambitiously autumnal essence.’ (Andrew Sarris)
#film
Worth seeing for its sense of people and places, especially round SW9 where I used to live.
Or for a more eloquent description:
"Does the film work? All I know is that it stays in my mind for its ambitiously autumnal essence.’ (Andrew Sarris)
#film
Enjoyed Blunt: The Fourth Man.
Ian Richardson: Blunt
Anthony Hopkins: Burgess
Back in the old days when treacherous English ‘gentlemen‘ were selling out the country to the Russians. 🙂
Ian Richardson: Blunt
Anthony Hopkins: Burgess
Back in the old days when treacherous English ‘gentlemen‘ were selling out the country to the Russians. 🙂
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Enjoyed Blunt: The Fourth Man.
Ian Richardson: Blunt
Anthony Hopkins: Burgess
Back in the old days when treacherous English ‘gentlemen‘ were selling out the country to the Russians. 🙂
Ian Richardson: Blunt
Anthony Hopkins: Burgess
Back in the old days when treacherous English ‘gentlemen‘ were selling out the country to the Russians. 🙂
Share someone who looks stylish wearing a turtleneck.
‘Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.’
‘Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.’
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Share someone who looks stylish wearing a turtleneck.
‘Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.’
‘Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.’
Let Me Down Easy is song title used by various artists. Different songs. Different artists.
This one was written by Cy Coleman, (who wrote The Best is Yet To Come) with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.
It was written for a musical version of a Neil Simon play, The Heartbreak Kid, which was never made.
This one was written by Cy Coleman, (who wrote The Best is Yet To Come) with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.
It was written for a musical version of a Neil Simon play, The Heartbreak Kid, which was never made.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Let Me Down Easy is song title used by various artists. Different songs. Different artists.
This one was written by Cy Coleman, (who wrote The Best is Yet To Come) with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.
It was written for a musical version of a Neil Simon play, The Heartbreak Kid, which was never made.
This one was written by Cy Coleman, (who wrote The Best is Yet To Come) with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.
It was written for a musical version of a Neil Simon play, The Heartbreak Kid, which was never made.
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Chased back down south by the Premier Inn peacock
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Chased back down south by the Premier Inn peacock
The Humber bridge at night. Shortly before I swam across the Humber and back.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Humber bridge at night. Shortly before I swam across the Humber and back.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hello from the Humber.
The ‘bridge to nowhere’ it was called initially and maybe still is
#HumberBridge
The ‘bridge to nowhere’ it was called initially and maybe still is
#HumberBridge
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hello from the Humber.
The ‘bridge to nowhere’ it was called initially and maybe still is
#HumberBridge
The ‘bridge to nowhere’ it was called initially and maybe still is
#HumberBridge
I liked Pauline Collins and John Alderton in Upstairs Downstairs when I was a kid. The family used to watch No Honestly too. Alderton was a local boy (Hull) who made good. My mum loved this couple
#PaulineCollins
#PaulineCollins
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I liked Pauline Collins and John Alderton in Upstairs Downstairs when I was a kid. The family used to watch No Honestly too. Alderton was a local boy (Hull) who made good. My mum loved this couple
#PaulineCollins
#PaulineCollins
He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn. 1928.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn. 1928.
Expensive watching Rebecca Miller documentary on Scorsese.
Because I’ve had to buy this film he made, those films he liked, World Cinema Project box sets et al.
Sometimes the question of who‘s the greatest (American) director comes up. But a tough case not to choose Mr Scorsese
#MrScorsese
Because I’ve had to buy this film he made, those films he liked, World Cinema Project box sets et al.
Sometimes the question of who‘s the greatest (American) director comes up. But a tough case not to choose Mr Scorsese
#MrScorsese
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Expensive watching Rebecca Miller documentary on Scorsese.
Because I’ve had to buy this film he made, those films he liked, World Cinema Project box sets et al.
Sometimes the question of who‘s the greatest (American) director comes up. But a tough case not to choose Mr Scorsese
#MrScorsese
Because I’ve had to buy this film he made, those films he liked, World Cinema Project box sets et al.
Sometimes the question of who‘s the greatest (American) director comes up. But a tough case not to choose Mr Scorsese
#MrScorsese
Claire Martin and Rob Barron at the Crazy Coqs tonight.
"If there is jazz royalty in Britain, Claire Martin is definitely ermine clad" -says UK Jazz News. And I have long agreed.
#CrazyCoqs #Jazz
"If there is jazz royalty in Britain, Claire Martin is definitely ermine clad" -says UK Jazz News. And I have long agreed.
#CrazyCoqs #Jazz
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Claire Martin and Rob Barron at the Crazy Coqs tonight.
"If there is jazz royalty in Britain, Claire Martin is definitely ermine clad" -says UK Jazz News. And I have long agreed.
#CrazyCoqs #Jazz
"If there is jazz royalty in Britain, Claire Martin is definitely ermine clad" -says UK Jazz News. And I have long agreed.
#CrazyCoqs #Jazz
Anyone watching the Mr Scorsese doc?
Some great stuff in there. Isabella Rossellini was wise, truthful and gave some interesting digs (in a warm way). Class.
The doc could have been this and it could have been that, but taking it for what it is, it's a good watch.
#MrScorsese
Some great stuff in there. Isabella Rossellini was wise, truthful and gave some interesting digs (in a warm way). Class.
The doc could have been this and it could have been that, but taking it for what it is, it's a good watch.
#MrScorsese
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Anyone watching the Mr Scorsese doc?
Some great stuff in there. Isabella Rossellini was wise, truthful and gave some interesting digs (in a warm way). Class.
The doc could have been this and it could have been that, but taking it for what it is, it's a good watch.
#MrScorsese
Some great stuff in there. Isabella Rossellini was wise, truthful and gave some interesting digs (in a warm way). Class.
The doc could have been this and it could have been that, but taking it for what it is, it's a good watch.
#MrScorsese
‘Caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom’
50 years ago! All That time just went.
#WishYouWereHere
50 years ago! All That time just went.
#WishYouWereHere
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
‘Caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom’
50 years ago! All That time just went.
#WishYouWereHere
50 years ago! All That time just went.
#WishYouWereHere
‘Et quand je ne délire pas j'en arrive à me dire
Qu'il est plus humiliant d'être suivi que suivant
Au suivant
Au suivant
Un jour je me ferai cul-de-jatte ou bonne sœur ou pendu
Enfin un de ces machins où je ne serai jamais plus
Le suivant
Le suivant’
Qu'il est plus humiliant d'être suivi que suivant
Au suivant
Au suivant
Un jour je me ferai cul-de-jatte ou bonne sœur ou pendu
Enfin un de ces machins où je ne serai jamais plus
Le suivant
Le suivant’
October 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
‘Et quand je ne délire pas j'en arrive à me dire
Qu'il est plus humiliant d'être suivi que suivant
Au suivant
Au suivant
Un jour je me ferai cul-de-jatte ou bonne sœur ou pendu
Enfin un de ces machins où je ne serai jamais plus
Le suivant
Le suivant’
Qu'il est plus humiliant d'être suivi que suivant
Au suivant
Au suivant
Un jour je me ferai cul-de-jatte ou bonne sœur ou pendu
Enfin un de ces machins où je ne serai jamais plus
Le suivant
Le suivant’
Loving the documentary on Scorsese. And I’ve already made a note of about 20 non-Scorsese films I need to see or see again and I’m only 40 minutes in.
This is one of the great things about Scorsese: he inspires love not just of his own movies but cinema as a whole.
#Scorsese #movies #film
This is one of the great things about Scorsese: he inspires love not just of his own movies but cinema as a whole.
#Scorsese #movies #film
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Top 5 favourite TV series.
1. Brideshead Revisited.
2. A Perfect Spy.
3. Sopranos (season 4).
4. Boys from the Blackstuff.
5. Mad Men (Season 5).
What are yours?
#TV
1. Brideshead Revisited.
2. A Perfect Spy.
3. Sopranos (season 4).
4. Boys from the Blackstuff.
5. Mad Men (Season 5).
What are yours?
#TV
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Top 5 favourite TV series.
1. Brideshead Revisited.
2. A Perfect Spy.
3. Sopranos (season 4).
4. Boys from the Blackstuff.
5. Mad Men (Season 5).
What are yours?
#TV
1. Brideshead Revisited.
2. A Perfect Spy.
3. Sopranos (season 4).
4. Boys from the Blackstuff.
5. Mad Men (Season 5).
What are yours?
#TV
A latte at Cafe Nero: £4.10.
Evelyn Waugh Sword of Honour Trilogy from local Oxfam: £ 2.99
Evelyn Waugh Sword of Honour Trilogy from local Oxfam: £ 2.99
October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A latte at Cafe Nero: £4.10.
Evelyn Waugh Sword of Honour Trilogy from local Oxfam: £ 2.99
Evelyn Waugh Sword of Honour Trilogy from local Oxfam: £ 2.99
I’ve mentioned this before (but that’s ok because I like to mindlessly repeat myself): this was the best gig of my youth.
I was 16 and there was a joy and style to this gig I hadn’t experienced before.
The place was dancing.
#Specials #Hull #WellingtonClub
I was 16 and there was a joy and style to this gig I hadn’t experienced before.
The place was dancing.
#Specials #Hull #WellingtonClub
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I’ve mentioned this before (but that’s ok because I like to mindlessly repeat myself): this was the best gig of my youth.
I was 16 and there was a joy and style to this gig I hadn’t experienced before.
The place was dancing.
#Specials #Hull #WellingtonClub
I was 16 and there was a joy and style to this gig I hadn’t experienced before.
The place was dancing.
#Specials #Hull #WellingtonClub
I miss him. Of course I didn't know him. But what I miss is 'what would Gil have said about these days? What would he have sung?'
I miss his voice. I miss his anger. I miss his righteousness. His morality. I miss the beauty of the man.
Tell me when Gil is playing and I'll come back to America.
I miss his voice. I miss his anger. I miss his righteousness. His morality. I miss the beauty of the man.
Tell me when Gil is playing and I'll come back to America.
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I miss him. Of course I didn't know him. But what I miss is 'what would Gil have said about these days? What would he have sung?'
I miss his voice. I miss his anger. I miss his righteousness. His morality. I miss the beauty of the man.
Tell me when Gil is playing and I'll come back to America.
I miss his voice. I miss his anger. I miss his righteousness. His morality. I miss the beauty of the man.
Tell me when Gil is playing and I'll come back to America.