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Upcoming Event: Battle of the Books at Wakefield Literature Festival 27 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be organising and hosting the 'Battle of the Books' event on Sunday 29th September, 1-3 pm, at The Orangery. Thanks to a successful funding application (see belo...
Debris 22 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
That sinking ship feeling - everyone gets it. When you're clinging to the side and hoping the problems will mysteriously right themselves as you feel the water getting ever closer. At the moment, thou...
A Visit to Brodsworth Hall and Gardens 19 Aug 2013 | 02:57 pm
Last week, me and my father paid a visit to Brodsworth Hall and Gardens near Doncaster (it was to celebrate his 60th birthday but he won't thank me for broadcasting that!). While I was ambivalent abou...
Classic Film Review: The Adventures of Michael Strogoff (1937) 16 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
The Adventures of Michael Strogoff, also known as The Soldier and the Lady and based on a work by Jules Verne, stars Anton Walbrook as the title character, a Russain courier who has been tasked with g...
500th Post: A Selection of Under Appreciated Posts 15 Aug 2013 | 01:07 pm
Amazingly, three years after starting this blog I'm still going and I've hit another milestone. 500 posts seems a lot but, apparently, I can waffle for Britain. In the last few months this blog has be...
Classic Film Review: Hotel Reserve (1944) 14 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
Hotel Reserve stars James Mason as an Austrian medical student living in France who is also a bit of an amateur photographer. His camera gets mixed up with someone else's and he finds himself arrested...
Classic Film Review: Hindle Wakes (1952) 13 Aug 2013 | 02:38 pm
Also known as Holiday Week, Hindle Wakes tells the story of a young mill worker and her employer's son who become properly acquainted while on holiday in Blackpool. Jenny Hawthorn (Lisa Daniely) goes ...
Classic Film Review: School for Scoundrels (1960) 12 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
School for Scoundrels stars Ian Carmichael as Henry Palfrey, one of life's losers. After his friend, Raymond Delauney (Terry-Thomas), tries to steal his potential girlfriend, April (Janette Scott) fro...
Classic Film Review: To Catch a Thief (1955) 9 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
To Catch a Thief stars Cary Grant as ex-cat burglar John Robie. When a new spate of burglaries occur on the Riviera, Robie is instantly suspected and, mindful that the police won't give him a fair hea...
Classic Film Review: Mary of Scotland (1936) 8 Aug 2013 | 03:46 pm
Mary of Scotland stars Kathryn Hepburn as the doomed monarch with Florence Eldridge as Elizabeth Tudor, Fredric March as Bothwell and a lengthy supporting cast including Douglas Walton as Darnley, Ala...
