Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop by Bob Stanley - Chapters 41 to 52

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  41   Revival: Trad Jazz and Folk In 1950's Britain "British youth experienced it's first bout of pop revivalism". At the...
Sunday, 27 July 2025

Have You Seen .... ? by David Thomson: Brief Encounter, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice and Genevieve

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  I watched  Noel Coward's Brief Encounter ( to give it it's full title) on a DVD where the black and white restoration was superb. ...
Thursday, 24 July 2025

Oh My Goodness! at the Rex Berkhamsted

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  How can a really sweet French comedy drama about cycling nuns be so good. And why can't we make films like these. In an age of blockbu...

The Constant Wife at the RSC Stratford

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  Let's start with the elephant in the room. The star of the play Rose Leslie did not appear. Due to her "indisposition". It s...
Monday, 21 July 2025

Garden in July

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  July has been a disappointment in the garden this year.  The consistently dry weather in May and June has meant some of the plants have st...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025

28 Years Later, The Ballad of Wallis Island and Jurassic World: Rebirth

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  It was not what I expected from a Danny Boyle movie. The first half of Years Later  was so boring, I wondered what it was all about. But t...
Friday, 11 July 2025

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life at the Rex Berkhamsted

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  Written and directed by Laura Piani, this classic love triangle so beloved by Jane Austen is more of a drama than a traditional romcom. An...