Post 494. ON THIS DAY IN 2022.

I HAD HOPES FOR 2023.

SOME HOPES, EH?
The economy is in a heap. Most of the public services are - understandably - going on strike. It's not a brighter Britain Those are the exact words I wrote on the last day of December 2022. Naively I thought it might improve. Huh!.
But we really are the lucky ones. The above picture of just about everywhere in Gaza at the moment shows what a complete nightmare some other countries have become. Don't tell me the innocent humans there - or in a previously peaceful country like Ukraine – are somehow responsible for the desecration heaped upon them, The perpetrators – of whatever race or creed - are insane warmongers: there is neither excuse nor need for their excessive brutality. I fear they are determined on yet another world war.
And from the point of view of one who lived through the 1939/45 upheaval, I would advise newscasters that the sentence: “Hamas, referred to as a terrorist organization by the UK government” is information when it is first announced, a reminder the second time around, and propaganda thereafter. In WW2 the authorities took our garden railings away for no effin reason other than propaganda: they couldn't be recycled for anything useful to the war effort. So I regard propaganda as a waste of space: much like advertising.
All of which is enough for this year. 
Watched the box of course and decided the best film was A Boy Called Christmas:

but more of that in the New Year
Which I do hope will be a good one for you.

Post 493. Index 9 Posts 401 - 492

 Aboud, Simon: 443 Ahmad, Evin: 485 Akhtar, Adeel: 416 Alexander, Sasha: 422, 489 Alibhai Brown, Yasmin: 417, 431, 453,469, 487 Allam, Roger: 442, 464 Allen, Mark: 471 Alsop, Marin: 442, 486 Andrews, Mo: 429 Angel, the cat: 410, 412, 439, 465, 467 Anne-Marie: 477 Armstrong, Alexander: 417 Armstrong, Alun: 472 Barenboim, Daniel: 412, 448 Barnden, Jac: 407, 415, 421, 424, 435, 436, 446, 458, 471, 477,478 Barnden, Mo: 401, 403, 410, 411, 415, 424 429, 437,445, 446,450,459, 473,476,478,480,483,484,487 Barnden, Neil: 401, 423, 424, 425, 432, 446, 477 Barnden, Pauline: 423, 446 Barnden, Roz: 402. 404, 413, 419, 421, 425, 427, 465 Barnden, William: 420 Barry, John: 476 Beard, Mary: 458, 486 Beauclerk, Charles: 487 Beck, Martin: 432 Bellamy, Matt: 433 Benedetti, Nicola: 485 Betty, the cat: 436 Bhaskar, Sanjeev: 464 Biden, Joe: 406, 423, 424 Bihimmaier, Anja: 483 Blomfield, Tom: 486 Bomsori: 483 Boyd-Kerr, Stuart: 453 Boyd-Kerr: Maxine: 412, 425 Bradbury, Julia: 410 Bradford, Barbara Taylor: 437 Bradshaw, James: 464 Brandon, John G. 424 Brecel, Luca: 471, 472 Bretton, Sally: 468 Brown, James Weber: 440 Browns, Harvey: 429 Brunning, John: 462 Buddy, the dog with John and Sue: 402, 425 Burke, Tom: 456 Butler, Jean: 416 Caine, Michael: 485 Caligula: 486 Camilla, Cameron, David: 490 Duchess of Cornwall: 423, 424 Capaldi, Lewis: 433 Carr, Ale: 482 Challis, D. 460 Charlatans, The: 433 Clarke, Allan: 478 Claudius: 486 Coates, Eric: 445 Cockburn, Patrick: 468 Cocker, Jarvis: 477, 478 Collette, Toni: 489 Collon, Nicholas: 442 Colman. Olivia: 472 Columbus, Chris: 414 Cockerell, Michael: 486 Coward, Noel: 445 Cox, Brian: 485 Cox, Michael: 486 Cromwell, Oliver: 430 Cuarón, Alfonso: 451 Cumberbatch, Benedict: 419, 492 Currie, Finlay: 472 Curtis, Simon: 472 Daisy (nurse): 463 Dana: 492 Davidsen, Lise: 486 Davies, Russell T. 492 Dayer, Ellis: 403, 413, 425, 428, 432, 433, 446, 453, 459, 477,487 Dayer, Mark: 433 Dench, Judy: 408, 492 Derham, Katie: 476, 482, 486 Dexter, Colin: 464 Dickens, Charles: 472 Dickens, Kim: 485 Dillow, Ian: 454, 471, 475 Dillow, Jean: 454, 471, 475 Dietrich, Marlene: 405 Dinnerstein, Simone: 441 Don, Monty: 486 Donohoe, Peter: 433, 476 Douglas, Barry: 416 Drudge, Heather: 446 Dunbar, Adrian: 406 Dunn, Tim: 434 Dyke, Sarah: 483 Earl (nurse}: 463 Eastwood, Clint: 440 Elfman, Danny: 441 Ellis-Bextor, Sophie: 477 Elphick, Michael: 472 Evans, Shaun: 464, 465 Eve, Trevor: 472 Ezra, George: 477 Fayed, Dodi: 491 Fayed, Mohamed al-: 491 Fedorova, Anna: 442 Felton, Tom: 416 Fischer, Ivan: 484 Fisher, Noel: 485 Flynn, Barbara: 468 Forlani, Claire: 468 Fowke, Philip: 442, 448 Fradgley, Keith: 459 Fradgley, Tim: 459, 487 Gambon, Michael: 489 Gardiner, John Eliot: 469 Gershwin, George: 441 Gourley, Andrew: 441 Graham, James: 432 Grainger, Holliday: 456 Greenstreet, Mark: 440 Grosvenor, Benjamin: 442, 476,478 Grout, James: 465 Haber, Peter: 432 Hanks, Tom: 469, 480, 492 Harden, Marcia Gay: 468 Harmon, Angie: 422 Harmon, Mark: 489 Harris, Richard: 489 Harrison, Bill: 454, 468, 488 Harrison, Kath: 454 Heath, Edward: 486 Heidi, former neighbour: 411 Henshall, Dougie: 485 Hirdwall, Ingvar: 432 Hitchens, Christopher: 403 Hitler, Adolf: 418 Holloway, Siddy: 434 Holloway, Stanley: 405 Hopkins, Anthony: 468 Horan, Niall: 477 Hoskins, Bob: 472 Hough, Stephen: 449, 476 Howard, Trevor: 437 Hunt, Martita: 472 Huntley, Storm: 469 Isaacs, Jason: 492 Jacobi, Derek: 486 Järvi (orchestra conductors): 476 Jansen, Janine: 412 Jansons, Mariss: 485 John, Elton: 478 Johnson, Boris: 406, 418, 426, 431, 434, 443 Johnson, Celia: 437 Johnson, Rian: 476 Jolie, Angelina: 480 Jones. Aled: 428 Jones, Owen: 417, 453, 469,487 Jones, Suranne: 405 Kanneh-Mason: 476.Kanneh-Mason: Isata: 484 Kanneh-Mason: Sheku: 486 Kasabian: 433 Kaufmann, Jons: 476 Keenan, Sinead: 464 Keller, Tomo: 412, 476 Khalife, Daniel: 486 King Charles III: 473, 491 King, Stephen: 458 Klieser, Felix: 484 Knight, Steven: 472 Kooks, The: 433 Kunz, Charlie: 449 Kuusisto, Pekka: 442, 476, 482 Lancashire, Sarah: 461 Lang Lang: 466, 476 Laughton, Charles: 405 Lawson, Mark: 458 Lean, David: 472 Lee, Laurie: 457 Lewis, Damian: 489 Lewis, Gavin: 419 Lewis, Paul: 482 Lineker, Gary: 464, 465 Lisiecki, Jan: 412, 433, 476, 487 Lyndhurst, Nicholas: 472 Lyonne, Natasha: 476 Mackenzie, Compton: 457 McCallum, David: 489 McCartney, Paul: 428, 433 McGregor, Ewan: 440 Madness: 433 Maguire, Kevin: 487 Mäkelä, Klaus: 441, 484 Malofeev, Alexander: 476 Marsalis, Wynton: 485 Marshall, Kris: 468 Mather, Keir: 483 Mears, Sue: 446 Mika: 466.477 Mills, John: 472 Minghella, Anthony: 452 Morgan, Sian: 402 Morrissey, David: 432 Mortimer, Bob: 406 Morton, Samantha: 416 Mosto, Francesco da 434 Muse: 433 Myrie, Clive: 482 Neeson, Liam: 485 Nelson, Tim Blake: 419 Nicholas,, Kerry: 454, 475 Niese de, Danielle: 486 Norcott, Geoff: 487 Norris, David Owen:481 Norton, James: 461 NYOGB: 441 O'Brien, Fergus: 461 Okenado, Sophie: 492 Opolais, Kristine: 476 Orbison, Roy: 417 Oundjian, Peter: 433 Owen, Mark: 433 Packham, Chris. 455 Pappano, Antonio: 485 Patel, Priti: 431 Paxman, Jeremy: 448 Pitt, Brad: 468 Perkins, Sue: 416, 456 Phillips, Lou Diamond: 492 PIANO, the winners: Jay, Lucy, Sean and Danny: 466 Picasso, Pablo: 487 Ponciroli, Potsi: 419 Potter, Harry: 414, 451 Power, Tyrone: 405 Prince Harry: 473 Prince Philip, 491 Princess Diana: 491 Pryce, Jonathan: 416 Pullman, Philip: 458, 467 Putin, Vladimir 418, 420, 421, 439, 434 Queen Elizabeth II: 408, 423, 430,444, 445, 446, 491 Raab, Dominic: 470 Rachmaninoff, Sergei: 437 Radcliffe, Daniel: 472 Rankin, Ian: 431 Rattle, Simon: 412, 485 Ravel. Maurice: 441 Red Arrows: 433 Ronalde, Ronnie: 492 Richards, Erin: 416 Rickman, Alan: 414, 449, 450 451, 452 Rigby, Sean: 465 Riley, Rachel: 479 Ross, Diana: 433 Rowling, J.K. 414 Ryder, Sam: 477 Rylance, Mark: 480 Schiff, Andras: 484 Schofield, Phillip: 481 Selby, Mark: 471, 472 Shadow, the cat: 409, 465 Sharp, Lesley: 479 Shepherd, Jack: 422 Silvestrov, Valentin: 442 Sizemore, Tom: 485 Smith, Maggie: 472 Sondhi, Maya: 426 Spencer, Frank: 487 Spielberg, Steven: 480 Spike, the cat: 439, 479 Stalin, Joseph: 422 Stapley, Lyla: 402, 433 Stapley, Wendy: 402, 404, 433 Stasevska, Dalia: 482 Suggs: 433 Terfel, Bryn: 476 Sutherland, Kiefer: 492 Tate, Catherine: 492 Tennant, David: 492 Thatcher, Margaret: 402, 486 Thaw, John: 464 Thompson, Wendy: 487 Titchmarsh, Alan: 450, 468 Timmins, Maureen: 471 Toksvig, Sandi: 486 Tolley, Adam: 470 Tong, Peter: 433 Toyah: 477 Trump, Donald: 430, 443, 470 Truss, Liz: 445 Tuckwell, Steve: 483 Urry, Marg. 411,478 Urry, Mike: 411 Van Dyke, Dick: 405 Vickers, Sara: 465 Vine, Jeremy: 438, 453, 469 Vogt, Lars: 412, 446 Vokes, Jan: 489 Wager, Anthony: 472 Wainwright, Sally: 461 Walker, Nicola: 464 Wang, Yuja: 441, 476,484 Waterman, Fanny: 487 Wayne, John: 489 Wells, H.G. 405 West, Dave: 475 West, Jean: 475 Whelan, Albert: 492 White, Daryl: 402 White, Jessica: 411, 413,(and boyfriend James) 427 Whitehouse, Paul: 406 Whittaker, Roger: 492 Widdecombe, Ann: 403 Widdicombe, Josh: 408 Wiegman, Sarina: 439 Wilkening, Anne: 488 Williams, John: 476 Williams, Robbie: 477, 478 Willis, Bruce: 449 Wilson, Keri-Lee: 442 Winkleman, Claudia: 466 Wood, Henry: 476 Woods, Hannah: 435, 450, 488 Woods, Mike: 421, 446, 471,478 Wynne, Greville: 419 Yusuf/Cat Stevens: 478 Young, Wendy: 471 Zengel, Helena: 469 Zimerman, Krystian: 412