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Our revels now are ended
Hi all - this is Barbara's daughter Alice, also known as huskyteer. I'm so sorry to have to tell you that my mum died yesterday ( Read more... ) -
Proof that we have dumbed down
This morning, Amazon offered me AJP Taylor’s How Wars Begin for 99p. The two books in the set are transcripts of lectures he gave on television from 1977. You can watch some of these on YouTube, I found. A talking head, lecturing on history for half an hour with no autocue, props or film clips. Can you imagine this now? Of course not; far too ( Read more... ) -
The Children’s Press 25: Linda Blake
Laura’s Summer Ballet, Linda Blake. Children’s Press 1967. A sequel to Ballet for Laura, Children’s Press 1965. My copy of the latter is in The Seagull Library, which I hope to deal with later.
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TV watch: The Composer behind the Moustache
I was very disappointed yesterday evening to find that the 1952 film of The Importance of Being Earnest which I’d recorded, had been mysteriously swapped for a modern version which I didn’t like, in spite of Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench et al and deleted. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise. First, I watched the annual ( Read more... ) -
Poor old-fashioned baby …
Just heard The Eagles on the radio, which reminded me that, uncool though it is to admit it, I love them. Hard to choose but here’s one, live performance 1977.
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The Children’s Press 23: Irene Smith
Chester House Wins Through, Irene Smith. The Children’s Press 1967.
This is one of two school stories written by Irene Smith. The first edition had green boards and a dw but my copy, illustrated here, has printed boards and states, ‘this impression 1968’.
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