THAT WILL BE TELEVISION.
A little anecdote from one of my seven sisters-in-law, Jean Butler.
Some years ago Jean went to see Barry Douglas play Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 (probably at Portsmouth Guildhall). She had always been saddened by the second movement and on this occasion, at a particularly moving moment, gave way to a huge sob.
Some years ago Jean went to see Barry Douglas play Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 (probably at Portsmouth Guildhall). She had always been saddened by the second movement and on this occasion, at a particularly moving moment, gave way to a huge sob.
When his highly successful performance came to an end maestro Douglas stood to rapturous applause and said something along the lines of: "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for being such a wonderful audience, and I would particularly like to thank the lady around row three who made her feelings felt so clearly..."
Jean went home still blushing but very very happy.
TELEVISION.
Jean went home still blushing but very very happy.
TELEVISION.
We watched Sue Perkins' Big American Road Trip (Channel 4), an excellent two-parter in which the comedian drove a campervan across Colorado and California: awesome scenery and a wealth of experienced van dwellers with fascinating background stories to tell.
We thoroughly enjoyed every loo-hole-digging moment of it, though the revelation by one traveller that you have to do all your posts on the net by video now, because nobody reads any more, was somewhat sobering news for an old keyboard blogger to absorb. Ah well.
We thoroughly enjoyed every loo-hole-digging moment of it, though the revelation by one traveller that you have to do all your posts on the net by video now, because nobody reads any more, was somewhat sobering news for an old keyboard blogger to absorb. Ah well.
To end on a really happy note:
SAVE THE CINEMA.(Sky)
We watched this unashamedly fictional retelling of a true story (great cast includes: Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce, Tom Felton, Adeel Akhtar, Erin Richards) and thought it was Brit/film stuff in the feel-good tradition of Hear My Song (1991) and The Full Monty (1997).
We watched this unashamedly fictional retelling of a true story (great cast includes: Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce, Tom Felton, Adeel Akhtar, Erin Richards) and thought it was Brit/film stuff in the feel-good tradition of Hear My Song (1991) and The Full Monty (1997).
Whatever the reviews, we loved it.
All the best for next - the shortest - month.
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