Category Archives: Books
A Story Lately Told, by Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston | photo: Rex Pictures One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a wedding Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a story lately told This traditional children’s nursery rhyme about magpies … Read More
in Books
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World Tour by Francisca Mattéoli
There is a character in Billy Wilder’s movie Avanti!, Carlo Carlucci (played by Clive Revill), the manager of the hotel where the main action takes place. Carlucci is my favourite character in the film, although Jack Lemmon stars too, who … Read More
in Books, Journeys
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Jean Renoir’s ‘My Life and My Films’
While I was reading Jean Renoir’s My Life and My Films I kept my notebook close by because there is so much beauty, wisdom and wit in Jean Renoir’s words that I often had to stop to write something … Read More
in Books, Film
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