Richard Osman There’s a new pinnacle in the career of television presenter, producer, and novelist  Richard Osman this week, with the premiere of an all star film based on his first book in the series “The Thursday Murder Club”.  With the book series numbering four, soon to be five, this could be the beginning of […]

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Terence Stamp (1938 – 2025) “Master of the brooding silence” ~ The Guardian Heart throb actor Terence Stamp die this week, aged 87.  He was part of a trend towards cockney actors in the 1960s, and was seen in the Swinging Sixties fashionably coupled to actress Julie Christie, and then to model Jean Shrimpton – […]

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Ozzy Osbourne (1948 – 2025) “It’s crazy that anyone would think I’d be in league with the devil, because I’m terrified of all sorts of shit.  I’m very superstitious.  I have to try not to be, otherwise I wouldn’t leave the house.” ~ Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne, the godfather of heavy metal, frontman of Black […]

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Brian Wilson (1942 – 2025) “There were times when [mental illness] was unbearable but with doctors and medications I have been able to live a wonderful, healthy and productive life.” ~ Brian Wilson, 2019 A universally acknowledged musical genius, Brian Wilson, died this week aged 83.  Together with his band, The Beach Boys, they formed […]

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David Attenborough “If we save the sea, we save our world.” ~ David Attenborough, 2025 David Attenborough celebrated his 99th birthday this week.  “National Treasure” is an accolade of a label reserved for the few, lest it be devalued.  But I don’t think anyone would dispute his right to be called that, though apparently he […]

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Jean Marsh (1934 – 2025) Actress and writer Jean Marsh passed away last Sunday at the age of 90.  She was in a way a pioneer of the dramatic genre concerning those upstairs and those downstairs, the haves and the have nots.  And the works she created with her co-writer Eileen Atkins had mileage, they […]

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Richard Chamberlain (1934 – 2025) “His mini-series were luxury liners and time machines, whisking audiences to other lands and ages in a way that workaday series couldn’t.” ~ James Poniewozik, The New York Times It was announced last week that actor Richard Chamberlain, romantic lead par excellence, who embodied that role in a bygone age, […]

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Roberta Flack (1937 – 2025) “What I consider myself is a soulful singer, in that I try to sing with all the feeling that I have in my body and my mind.” ~ Roberta Flack The soul singer Roberta Flack died this week, at the age of 88.  There was something about her voice I […]

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EastEnders Celebrating its 40th Anniversary The long-running soap opera EastEnders celebrates its 40th anniversary this week, by setting fire to its local pub, The Queen Vic.  Funny how soaps like to celebrate with disasters…I will try and keep this blog short, as I don’t know many people who still watch EastEnders. The show first aired […]

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Marianne Faithfull (1946 – 2025) “When I was at school at Leighton Park…She was the most beautiful girl any of us had met and had the charisma of a superstar.” ~ Robin Denselow Staying with the 1960s, after last week’s Dylan blog, I am writing about Marianne Faithfull who passed away aged 80 peacefully this […]

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