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Alison Morton’s Books

Steve gave Petra and me a set of his wife Alison’s books. I cannot wait to read them – these will be my Christmas reading!

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Davie Bowie Heroes Live in Berlin 2002

I have been a David Bowie fan since 1972 when I fell in love with him as Ziggy Stardust on Top of the Pops, singing Starman. I was 11 years old. I saw him in concert in the 1980s several times when I...

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Clever people say stupid things too

Everything that can be invented has been invented. Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the US Patent Office, in 1899. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. Thomas J. Watson Snr, IBM...

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More Filofaxes in Films, Part 2

Find part 1 here Keeping up with the Kardashians Mannequin P.S. I love you   I love you Phillip Morris   Gossip Girl Gilmore Girls   Everybody Loves Raymond   “After the Wedding” (Denmark 2006) Jacob...

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The best dolls’ houses ever!

I loved Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree series when I was little. This is just how I imagine the tree would look.  

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Fan Fiction

The movie section of fan fiction.net showing how many stories some of the movies have. When you have read a book or watched a television series or a movie, do you experience any of the following...

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What is the difference between ‘&’ and ‘and’ in movie credits?

  When you see an ampersand (&) in movie credits, it means two writers worked together to write the script. If it’s the word “and” it means the two writers worked on the script at different times....

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The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams – my favourite quote

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Katy Sagal’s wardrobe in Sons of Anarchy

I have just binge-watched 7 seasons of Sons of Anarchy. I would imagine the demographic is more male than female but I love Katy Sagal as Gemma Teller-Morrow. She is the wife of the Executive Producer,...

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Almost unrecognizable icons as young

A young Vladimir Putin meets Ronald Reagan Bill Cosby Morgan Freeman Robin Williams Bill and Hillary Clinton Find lots more here, including a very young Ben Stiller!  

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Beautiful art by Sophie Derrick

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The phenomenon that is Friends

  I recently watched all ten seasons (236 episodes!) of Friends on Netflix – 21 years after the first episode aired. Unlike many popular TV series (Miami Vice for example), it has not dated at all and...

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Davie Bowie Heroes Live in Berlin 2002

I have been a David Bowie fan since 1972 when I fell in love with him as Ziggy Stardust on Top of the Pops, singing Starman. I was 11 years old. I saw him in concert in the 1980s several times when I...

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Donnie Lewis

Not that I am a perv or anything, but isn’t this man gorgeous?  

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Funny and just plain weird album covers

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Pacific Rim

This is a movie I really did not expect to enjoy. I usually don’t get on well with big-budget special-effect-heavy post-apocalyptic machine vs. monster films set in darkness, snow and rain. I watched...

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Tom Selleck and other actors who turned down famous roles

Magnum PI Tom Selleck I have been watching all of Magnum PI lately and still enjoy it just as much as the first time I saw it. Tom Selleck landed the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark....

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Being Human (UK version)

I have just finished watching this UK series and I really loved it. I am not a Dracula fan and I don’t enjoy horror movies. But I read all the Vampire Diaries and Twilight books and watched the...

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Dogs who look like celebrities

 

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Movie Recommendations – Overboard and Galaxy Quest

These are movies that I have watched over and over and still love. Firstly, Overboard. This is a movie that, if you pick it to pieces, has problems. But put all those pieces together and it is magical....

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