Jan
26
FRIDAY
Trumping the imminent threat of World War 3 has been the departure of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp this morning, leaving
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Jan
20
SIMILITUDE
Hear how the wind begins to whisper
See how the leaves go streaming by
Smell how the velvet rain is
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Jan
15
THE DARK GATSBY
"You're meeting somebody who is unholy. He was a beckoning into a world that didn't
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Jan
15
CHURCHILL'S PERFUME
I don't often write about perfume (in fact I never have) but a recent introduction to a certain
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Jan
14
HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT?
In Billy Wilder's office in Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles once hung the beautifully calligraphed sign inscribed with the
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Jan
13
MOON & BIRDBOOT
We had the two loudest voices in the school. No doubt we'd have made the worst spies, blowing
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Jan
12
PAINTING BOX
My dear dad would have been 82 years old today. Thinking about him this morning on his birthday, I'
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Jan
07
A SHOT OF JACK
For years I was certain I knew what the single greatest scene in the entire work of actor Jack Nicholson&
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Jan
04
SEND OUT THE CLOWNS
My first introduction to a suffragette as a young boy was watching Glynis Johns as Mrs Banks in Walt Disney&
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Jan
01
COLDFINGER
Bond had avoided seeing anyone over Christmas and was enjoying his solitude at Inverlair Lodge which had once housed enemy
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