I have always loved Westerns. And I have always loved Clint Eastwood: particularly in Westerns and in Dirty Harry; but I will make no excuses for Play Misty for Me.
But his best role for me, and one that he has played variations of throughout his career, is The Man With No Name.
The Man With No [...]
From my Dad… Posted because I went home for the weekend and because I wore my white stilettos on Friday night (honestly) and because I don’t forward these things on but it’s worth sharing.
alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item
amant - Quantity; sum total (”Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend”)
assband - Unable to [...]
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
“Michael, they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevelyan’s corn,
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.”
Chorus:
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and [...]
Writing about http://esales.roh.org.uk/christmas/video/nutcracker.aspx
Went to see this last night. So pretty! I am of course a Sugar Plum Fairy myself - have I ever told you the story?
I was, aged 6 or so, practicising before ballet class by ‘pirouetting’ down the hall. Unfortunately, I twirled down the hall and straight through the glass front door. And [...]
As my mother is inexplicably fond of saying, by way of a tip:
Never put a cat in the washine machine or you’ll end up with a sock in the puss.
(Don’t get me started on the mushroom and fuschia jokes….)
But here are some stolen top tips or kernels of thoughts gleaned from the CIPR Conference on [...]
Writing about Indian Food Made Easy
I remain to be convinced about buddy food programmes - Tony & Giorgio didn’t work but Neneh and Andi is much better - probably because they are very obviously genuinely friends and comfortable in front of the camera.
Anyway, I’ll give Anjum & Panthea a go…
But what intrigued me most was [...]
