www.theguardian.com/culture/2024... rather brilliant about Leonard Rossiter.

‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’: inside the remarkable rise and shocking loss of Leonard Rossiter

Best known for sitcoms Rising Damp and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the actor died 40 years ago during a performance of Loot, aged 57. Co-stars, colleagues and friends remember a brilliant, s...

I've reduced the price of my bro-in-law's travel memoir of Afghanistan in 1988 by selling direct through @BlurbBooks: blurb.co.uk/b/7204012-goin… There's a 15% discount code as well at the moment! Preview available.

Going Inside

Rahmatullah Safi was a general in a mujahideen group fighting the Russians. John England was deputy head teacher of a primary school in England. They were neighbours in the UK and in 1988 Safi invited...

Forty-eight years ago this evening, BBC2 broadcast Episode One of Jack Pulman’s magnificent adaptation of Robert Graves’ I, CLAUDIUS. Directed by Herbert Wise and featuring a truly astonishing cast, it remains, arguably, the greatest drama serial ever televised. #Classics#Reception

Almost a year now!

@avavsystems.bsky.social Yesterday’s Repair Shop included the man who used to have his hand up Sweep. The squeak was in his palm controlled by his ring and little fingers.

Remember when you could buy recent hits cheaply when they came out of juke-boxes? I bought plenty as a teenager and they were in surprisingly good condition. I used to reckon that in Market Drayton the juke-boxes weren’t used much.

Just hearing that Sky News is apparently telling freelance expert contributors that they're no longer paying them for their expert contributions .. ???? Anyone else heard that? Absolutely fuck that shit. Freelancers need paying.Just hearing that Sky News is apparently telling freelance expert contributors that they're no longer paying them for their expert contributions .. ???? Anyone else heard that? Absolutely fuck that shit. Freelancers need paying.

Dropped a few discs off for a clean yesterday, with varying degrees of crackle. Let’s see how they do (later).

Any #professional#photographers#image-makers#intellectualproperty#copyright#licensing the use of your work, make yourselves known! 🤩🙌🏽.

😂😂😂 great response from the National Trust