The Hollow Crown: Richard II – Well Worth Watching
On July 1, 2012 by Moonlit KnightFinally. Last night, after all the waiting and the trailers, the first part of The Hollow Crown, Richard II, was shown on BBC 2. I absolutely loved it. Gorgeously shot and superbly acted, especially by Ben Whishaw in the titular role. One nice little touch was the death of Richard mirroring the martyrdom of St Edmund, also Read More
Can Somebody Shut Sharapova Up
On June 29, 2012 by Moonlit KnightMaria Sharapova may be a brilliant tennis player but I cannot watch any of her games. That grunting and shrieking like some demented banshee really puts me off. She is not the only one, but certainly the worst. I can understand the odd grunt when serving and maybe when playing a difficult shot, but every (insert Read More
The Pre-Raphaelite Collection Of Andrew Lloyd-Webber
On June 27, 2012 by Moonlit KnightWell, I know what I shall be watching on television later tonight. I read last year that, as a schoolboy in the Sixties, Andrew Lloyd-Webber spent his pocket money buying up paintings by the then highly unfashionable Pre-Raphaelites. Ever since then, as well as a feeling of jealousy, I had wondered what was in his Read More
Shakespeare Unlocked
On June 20, 2012 by Moonlit KnightWell the BBC’s Shakespeare Unlocked season has started , well for me anyway. I seem to have missed a couple of programmes in April. Yesterday evening I watched: Joely Richardson on Shakespeare’s Women, BBC Four By focusing on the female roles of his earlier plays Twelfth Night and As You Like It, this documentary set out to show Read More
What A Load Of Rubbish
On June 15, 2012 by Moonlit KnightI have just been watching Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: The Culture Show on BBC2. The largest open-submission contemporary art show in the world. I must really try to get down there sometime this summer. One exhibit really stood out, but not in a good way. Self portrait as Rubbish Bin by Michael Landy is just that, a rubbish Read More
The Devil doesn’t have all the best tunes
On June 3, 2012 by Moonlit KnightThis morning I watched Songs of Praise, not a programme I would normally think of seeing, but I was round friends having stayed the night and it was just before the Thames Jubilee Pageant. Listening to “I Vow to Thee My Country” was very moving and reminded me of the days as a young boy Read More
Me, I’m Just a Lawnmower
On May 23, 2012 by Moonlit Knight– you can tell me by the way I walk Great to see the sunny weather back again after all this time. I can’t believe it’s been nearly two months since that great start to spring and the intervening near wintry weather we have had in between. I spent lunchtime on a bench in the park basking Read More
Back To Winter
On March 30, 2012 by Moonlit KnightOh well, that’s British weather for you. From the balmy weather we’ve been having that wouldn’t have been out of place in summer to winter again. Have I ever said how much I hate winter? Most probably. If I had the money I would spend the winter somewhere warm maybe coming back for Christmas and Read More
Spring Is Sprung
On March 21, 2012 by Moonlit KnightAmazing. The vernal equinox was yesterday marking the official start of spring and the weather has turned warm and the sun is out. From winter woollies to shirt sleeves in just one day. I hope we might actually have decent spring this year. Read More
Davy Jones Of The Monkees Dies
On March 1, 2012 by Moonlit KnightI have just heard that yesterday Davy Jones died of a heart attack in Florida at the age of 66. Although he had been in Coronation Street and played the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver in both the West End and Broadway, I remember him best as the British member of the Monkees. The original manufactured Read More