I mean... I'll meet that with this: I was astonished to find that when Folio did the book, they chose as illustrator... Beryl Cook.

'Witnessing the executions did something to him. He cried all the way home on the plane, and as he tried to write the book’s final pages his hand became temporarily paralysed. In Cold Blood “nearly killed me”, he said. “I think, in a way, it *did* kill me.”' Me on Truman Capote at 100:

100 years of Truman Capote, the inventor of the non-fiction novel

The author dubbed ‘the Tiny Terror’ dazzled with Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, but a knack for betrayal sowed the seeds of his downfall

She was filming Harry Potter while performing Talking Heads at Chichester and had to fly between two by helicopter. It landed on the lawn and someone rushed to help her out and asked her what the journey had been like. “Well, I never expected to look down between my legs and see Guildford.” 2/2

My thoughts and remembrance of the late, impossibly great Maggie Smith. Written for obviously sad reasons, in a tearing hurry. 1/2 www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfi...

Maggie Smith: no one could touch her fierce charisma and comic timing

For all the laughter she evoked, some of her most piercing work was in tragedy

My thoughts and remembrance of the late, impossibly great Maggie Smith. Written for obviously sad reasons, in a tearing hurry. 1/2 www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfi...

Maggie Smith: no one could touch her fierce charisma and comic timing

For all the laughter she evoked, some of her most piercing work was in tragedy

Magnificent

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A tale as old as time (or at least as old as cinema): www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6d...

"Those Awful Hats" (1909) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer

YouTube video by Silent Hall of Fame

The 70s have a LOT to answer for. My schoolchum Michael just sent me this. I have absolutely no idea why I am wearing that fetching pink, purple, navy and white tie, a present from my parents who, on a trip to New York, bought it in Macy’s. You’ll be relieved to learn I still have it. See below.

This is a wonderfully precise dismantling of the whole flow of bs surrounding Starmer at the moment from @sturdyalex.bsky.social that is well worth your ear time.

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👗NEW QUIET RIOT👓 THE LORD, THE FROCK, THE GLASSES, AND THE LOSS OF ALL PROPORTION Midnight essay by @sturdyalex.bsky.social on this entirely confected non-scandal. A short calm rant, that may just change your mind. APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6PBO...

THE LORD, THE FROCK, THE GLASSES, AND THE LOSS OF ALL PROPORTION

Alex goes on a (very calm and reasoned) MEGA RANT about the mass hysteria over a Labour peer giving a make-over to the top team for the election campaign. You d

From Private Eye. People not happy at The Guardian. (via Hadley Freeman)

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David Benedict: Mid-scale musicals are being squeezed out – but some are figuring out how to thrive

The expense of mounting musicals has climbed yet higher thanks to everything from show running costs to energy bills, creating bigger commercial risks when staging smaller shows, says David Benedict