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Friday 24 December 2021
Scott Grønmark - Eulogy
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(For anyone who wants to skip straight to the eulogy: https://scottgronmarkeulogy.com/ ) Hello, This is Alex Grønmark, Scott’s son. In June...
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Thursday 2 May 2019
How the CIA used the 1939 comedy film "Ninotchka" to stop Italy turning communist
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I'm currently reading The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton by Jefferson Morley. As I wrote here , I've ...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Sleazy, sweaty, brassy... the music behind noir movies
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I'll start with Henry Mancini's "Main Title" from Orson Welles's Touch of Evil (1958): Here's Duke Ellingt...
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Titania McGrath's "Woke: A Guide to Social Justice" made me weep with laughter
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Why should you read it? Titania McGrath explains early on in the book: "Activists such as myself are spearheading a new culture war...
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I recently saw the 1949 British film "The Queen of Spades" for the first time: what a masterpiece!
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I ordered the DVD for Christmas, and was waiting for a rainy Sunday afternoon to watch it with my wife, who remembered seeing part of it ...
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Wednesday 17 April 2019
Hollywood classics: The Story of G.I. Joe, Dodsworth, Ceiling Zero, You Only Live Once and Little Women
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I'd imagined The Story of GI Joe (1945) to be a morale-raising, rip-roaring, hairy-chested, WW2 shoot-'em-up: it was, after all, di...
Monday 1 April 2019
Brexit - "Are we there yet?" No, of course we aren't!
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My main aim this year was to still be here for Brexit Day - i.e. 29th March. Last Thursday. Well, I made it, but - as you may have noticed...
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President Trump responds to the Mueller Inquiry non-findings, Michael Avenatti's arrest - and Joe Biden's hint that he might run against him in 2020
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One of the highlights of my year so far was undoubtedly BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel's demeanour as he...
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The extraordinary life of Doc Pomus - polio victim, white blues singer, and a truly great songwriter
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Between the end of the first wave of genuine, raucous, gutbucket, rootsy Rock and Roll (1959) and the British Invasion (1963), most decen...
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Friday 22 March 2019
I second the suggestion that Dominic Frisby's brilliant song should be the UK's next Eurovision Song Contest entry
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Yup! Being a Brexit supporter with Theresa May in charge reminds me...
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