Category: Film, TV & Radio

May Gleanings

Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. (Ode on Solitude, Alexander Pope) At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve… Continue reading May Gleanings

Essential Classics

Radio 4’s offerings on weekday mornings do not appeal to me: Woman’s Hour and You and Yours with nothing of much interest in between.

My Cup of Tea

I have not seen The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and didn’t intend to. The idea of seeing a bunch of elderly actresses hamming it up did not appeal.

Gloves Off

I remember a BBC documentary about Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, broadcast in the last century. It was deferential and dull.

Man Overboard

It’s a nasty story. As a psychologist, lapsed since graduating in 1976, Maxwell’s character seems to have been scarred by his early years.

Ramblings

Ramblings is an apt description of this website. It is also Clare Balding’s radio programme.

Bonking Biographies

There are too many new books, films, television programmes for anyone to do more than skim. Yesterday I watched the first episode of Schitt’s Creek because it has just won  a record-breaking seven Emmys.