“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
There is a HUGE gap between Beyond All Reasonable Doubt and Circumstantial Evidence or the Balance of Probabilities. Because of my previous life, I’ve been a strictly Beyond ALL REASONABLE DOUBT kind of person. A bit like Thomas. Don’t tell me. I have to see it with my own eyes…etc. But – there is also […]
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The Greek god Dionysus is also known as “The Twice Born.” He was grown in and born from both a womb and a thigh (BTW – The Fisher King of the Grail Legends had a wounded thigh. It was cut open in a joust!!) Virbius (Roman) was originally known as Hippolytus. Twice Born. I’ve had […]
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Only because I’ve never watched Luther (though I was told to) or Broadchurch. I’d’ve included Inspector Wexford (the teenage Idris Elba starred in a Wexford Mystery) and Hamish Macbeth. Shrug. I totally agree with the #1 though :o)
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Oooh. I’m being given fascinating videos today :o) This one is a STUNNER for me. I got to know Somerset House quite well. By 1625, it was given over to Marie de Rohan as temporary accommodation when she escorted Henriette Marie to her new husband, Charles I Stuart, in England. By then the building had […]
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As I’ve said before : the two parts of my family were Scottish Presbyterian and English Methodist. Calvin/Knox vs Wesley! Watching the video below has totally reinforced my own personal choice to NOT do “Religion.” What both denominations share is the very DOUR side of worship. And Baptists are included in that. All reverence and […]
Read MoreI’m a little over the teenage age (!) but I still love Boyzone. I’d put Ronan Keating’s voice up there with Robbie Williams/Gary Barlow et al. OMG – I had to rewind and change to slowmo. In the first 16 seconds I thought I saw late Mel Smith, Harry Hill and Graham Norton. Did I? […]
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I know a little bit about the writing of Death on the Nile. Agatha spent a whole year living in the Cataract Hotel as she wrote this novel. Probably one of her finest tuned plots EVER! Cataracts & Elephants Her first husband left her for a younger, prettier floozy then wife. But Agatha then met […]
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My favourite character in Dad’s Army has always been Frazer the dour Scottish undertaker. John Laurie played him to the hilt and beyond. If you’ve never watched Dad’s Army, may I humbly recommend it as one of those timeless classics ? Here is Frazer – the quintessential Celt – who tells a Grand Wee Story. […]
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Aunty Giddy – I NEED to re-watch these. So many memories. The Grassy Knoll? BTW : Kryten is played by Robert Llewellyn. Who also played a a great one-off role in Bottom with Ade and Rik. He was the Falklands War Hero with the false leg! My personal fave in this show is the Smooth […]
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It was only days ago that I was told about Jack Ramsay – Royal Marine. I had no idea. Oh. Yet another reason to love that Gobshite Scot, GR. My Dad joined at 14. My brother joined at 17. My husband did the full course at 24. Mum, Dad, Chris and I went down to […]
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After Richard Burton comes Ken Bran. After KB is Michael Fassbender. Two films that I’ve seen with MF. Quentin Tarantino (hang on)……Inglorious Basterds. Was Michael the character who gave them all away with the 3 fingers? I need to rewatch. Also – After The Funeral with David Suchet as Poirot. Gimme a minute to recover […]
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OK. So, peeps. Just HOW MANY TIMES do you have to be slapped in the face before you finally understand why your face hurts like hell? How many times ? The definition of INSANITY? Doing the SAMEold, SAMEold and STILL expecting a different outcome. WTF is wrong with peeps? I’m beyond the beyond the stunned. […]
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