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01/26/2025

Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960)
Food writer, television cook, restaurant critic, journalist, author and television presenter.

01/26/2025

ON THE BUSES
(ITV/LWT, 28th February 1969 – 20th May 1973)
Sitcom, created by Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
Written by...
Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Bob Grant
Stephen Lewis
George Layton
Jonathan Lynn
The ups and downs of the workforce of an Ess*x motor traction company
Starring....
Reg Varney
Cicely Courtneidge
Doris Hare
Michael Robbins
Anna Karen
Bob Grant
Stephen Lewis
7 series, 74 episodes

01/26/2025

Empire of the Sun - 1987
At the age of 13, he was the star of a Steven Spielberg directed epic film. It was the true story of a British boy who was separated from his parents during World War II and survived Japanese prison camps. It was only his fourth acting job. He’s literally on screen for the vast majority of the film, which was nominated for six Oscars. He was billed above John Malkovich and Natasha Richardson.
Thirteen years later, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in his own right.
So, as it turns out, that fellow, Christian Bale, seems to have done all right for himself.

01/26/2025

One of my top 10 👍👌

01/26/2025

The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the memoir of the same name created by Alan Bennett.
It was written by Bennett, and it tells the (mostly) true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who lived in a dilapidated van on his driveway in north London for 15 years.

01/25/2025

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward OBE (born 7 June 1940) is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".

01/25/2025

Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as Jean and Lionel Hardcastle in "As Time Goes By"

01/25/2025

Sir David Jason & older brother Arthur White, an actor also.

01/25/2025

Happy birthday 😀
Seán Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland. He was the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s and a solo artist in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1985 solo single "A Good Heart" was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry, winning several awards and honours for his work in that area.
Sharkey is also a lifelong fly fisherman, has campaigned against the pollution of British rivers (particularly chalk streams), and is the Chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery. He has become a figurehead for the campaign to prevent water companies dumping sewage into UK waterways and coasts.

01/25/2025

Shortly after winning his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in "Iris" (2001), Jim Broadbent was interviewed by Joan Rivers, who apparently didn't even know what nationality he was. On live TV, Rivers said, "Here we have Jim Broadbent, all the way from Australia. You're Australian, aren't you?" But there were to be no tantrums from the star - the mild-mannered actor replied, "No, I'm British."
How British is he? So British that...
"I was offered an OBE a couple of years ago, but I said, 'no', and turned it down. I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others. Besides, I like the idea of actors not being part of the Establishment. We're vagabonds and rogues, and we're not a part of the authorities and Establishment, really. If you mix the two together, things get blurry."
"I didn't think I deserved it, really. And also my father died when I was 22 and he was quite an anarchic spirit, and he would have been proud of me to have turned it down. You know how it is, the usual line: 'Oh, I accepted it for my parents.' Whereas I turned it down for my parents."
In "Iris," Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent portray author Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley during the later stages of their marriage, while Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville appear as the couple in their younger years. This is the second movie to have two actresses nominated for an Academy Award for playing the same role in the same movie. The first was "Titanic" (1997). In both movies, Winslet played the younger version in the dual-nominee role.
"I always think you should be totally frivolous as much as you can, and then take the work seriously when it has to be taken seriously. As long as you can keep that balance going, it's good fun. If it's only frivolous it's not fun - it would drive me potty. On 'Iris,' I'd never worked with Judi Dench before, but it was wonderful to realize that we worked in exactly the same way. Foolish for most of the time, then focusing on the work, clicking into it very quickly and naturally. There were a lot of laughs.

01/25/2025

Martin Clunes ❤️

01/25/2025

A recent picture of the legendary Dame Julie Andrews.🩷

01/25/2025

The tradition of deep-frying chicken in Scotland, which was brought to the United States by Scottish immigrants, has its roots in the country's culinary practices of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Scots have a long history of frying foods, with recipes often including methods like frying in fat or oil. This method of cooking, particularly for poultry, was a practical choice for Scots due to the availability of animal fats and the efficient cooking it provided. By the time Scottish immigrants began arriving in the U.S., they carried with them their culinary traditions, including their penchant for deep-frying.
In the United States, this tradition melded with local tastes and available ingredients, leading to the popularization of deep-fried chicken in Southern cuisine. As the practice became more widespread, particularly in the Southern states, it evolved into a staple of American comfort food, characterized by its crispy exterior and tender interior. Over time, deep-fried chicken became an iconic dish in American cuisine, with roots traceable back to Scottish culinary influences. The tradition exemplifies how immigrant foods can adapt and thrive in new cultural contexts, contributing to the diverse tapestry of American food traditions.

01/24/2025

Dame Julie Andrews 🩷 Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things 🩷

01/24/2025

Natalie Dormer (left) stars as the eponymous character in the BBC drama 'The Scandalous Lady W', 2015, based on the life of Lady Seymour Worsley (right)
It is a true dramatisation of the sad and extraordinary life of an aristocratic woman, central in the greatest s*x scandal of the eighteenth century.
The central characters are Lady Worsley played by Natalie Dormer, Captain George Bisset played by Aneurin Barnard and Sir Richard Worsley played by Shaun Evans.
Lady Worsley was married to the apparently respectable MP Sir Richard Worsley, who abused her by forcing her to sleep with other men for his amusement and pleasure. She however fell in love with one of these men, his best friend, Captain George Bisset and got pregnant.
To cover up the scandal, Sir Worsley attempted to bring up the child as his own. When Lady Worsley tried to leave him, Sir Worsley took her to trial, accusing Lady Worsley of adultery and prostitution and attempted to sue Bisset for £20,000 compensation. Lady Worsley in her bravery, opted for a legal strategy which would ruin her reputation but save her lover from bankruptcy. Turning the trial to her favour, she invited to witness each of the 27 men her husband had made her sleep with. The jury was quick to realise what had happened, awarding Lord Worsley just one shilling instead.
The costumes were by award winning designer James Keast, who died aged 63 of cancer in 2020. He brought colour and style to period dramas, from The House of Eliott and Mr Selfridge to Victoria and Belgravia.

01/24/2025

Mr Bean Statue - Leicester Square, London

01/24/2025

Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti from her marriage to Tony Visconti, is a Welsh singer best known for her 1968 UK number 1 single "Those Were the Days". She was one of the first artists to be signed to the Beatles' Apple label.

01/24/2025

Prunella Scales is 92 today, Happy Birthday Prunella!

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