Sylvia is a British musical with book by Kate Prince and Priya Parmer, with music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde and lyrics by Prince based on the life of Sylvia Pankhurst. Starting with a flash-forward to Sylvia’s expulsion from the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1913, the work returns to Sylvia and […]
Robb Wilton
Robert Wilton Smith, better known as Robb Wilton, was an English comedian and actor. He was best known for his filmed monologues during the 1930s and 1940s, in which he played incompetent authority figures. His trademark was to put his hand over part of his face at the punchline. Wilton had a dry Lancashire accent, […]
Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart (September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024) was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television. He received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. […]
Kae Tempest
Kae Tempest (formerly Kate Tempest) is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. Kae Tempest grew up in Brockley, South East London, one of five children whose father was a corporate media lawyer, and their mother a teacher. Tempest worked in a record shop from age 14 to 18. They went […]
Charles Laughton
I few days ago I was re-watching one of my very favourite old movies ‘Hobson’s Choice’ starring Charles Laughton. Laughton originally a Yorshireman born in Scarborough made an impressive career in Hollywood in a number of well regarded movies such as Mutiny on the Bounty and Witness for the Prosecution. He was married to another […]
Ebony Buckle
Moving on from one of our previous themes – colours, to an artist who featured on ‘Silver’ and who co-incidentally is named after a colour herself, we find ourselves in the company of Ebony Buckle. She is a London-based singer/songwriter, originally from her tropical seaside home of Townsville, Australia. Writing and performing with her husband, […]
Poetry for the New Year
The New Year provides us with ample opportunities to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. It is the reason that the first month of the year is named January after the Roman God Janus who is always depicted as having two faces, one looking back the other looking ahead. This is […]
John C Worsley – Star Trek Christmas
Continuing on from Yesterday’s post about the latest offering from Captain James T. Kirk, I am delighted to bring you a number of cleverly constructed/edited videos featuring the stars from several of the Star Trek series apparently singing some Christmas songs. Al of these videos are the work of a gentlement by the name of […]
Bard Movies 32
Theatre of Blood is a 1973 British horror comedy film directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring Vincent Price as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart and Diana Rigg as his daughter Edwina. After being humiliated by members of the Theatre Critics Guild at an awards ceremony, Shakespearean actor Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart is seen committing suicide by […]
Bard Movies 31
‘All Is True‘ is a 2018 British fictional historical film directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Ben Elton. It stars Branagh as playwright William Shakespeare. The film takes its title from an alternative name for Shakespeare’s play Henry VIII. After the Globe Theatre burns down in 1613 during a performance of Shakespeare’s play Henry […]