Post 485. A FEW WORDS

 TO CONCLUDE THIS MONTH.

IT DESERVES NO MORE
To finish off a typical British summer, and the lengthiest of the school holidays, a computer cockup left thousands of holidaymakers stranded here and abroad. The weather has been crap, the cost of living constantly worsens, and the less said about the political shit heap the better. 
It only needs those few words, doesn't it?  Well, worrying won't help.
Better to waft off into that old person's other world...
TELEVISION.
We have watched the film Red starring Brian Cox, Noel Fisher, Tom Sizemore and Kim Dickens.
The old guy who turns out to be a toughie has been done before (not least by Michael Caine and Liam Neeson), but Brian Cox is wholly believable, and his fellow stars are perfectly cast. Good.
We also saw the Netflix series Who Is Erin Carter? Evin Ahmad plays Erin, a British schoolteacher in Spain, who turns out to be a toughie. Dougie Henshall  is in it too. Watchable.
AND THE PROMS.
Apparently Sir Simon Rattle has parted company with the London Symphony Orchestra. He will be replaced by Sir Antonio Pappano. Sir Simon, who lives in Germany, has become conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, which was conducted by Mariss Jansons from 2003 until his death in 2019. Sir Simon's last London Symphony Orchestra performance (Mahler's Symphony No.9) is being shown on BBC2 tonight. Interesting.
Also saw Nicola Benedetti play the violin concerto composed for her by the American jazz composer and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Interesting.
And a final word on August 2023. Lousy.

But keep smiling.