Matthew Perry (1969 – 2023) “So no one told you life was gonna be this way Your job’s a joke, you’re broke Your love life’s DOA It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month Or even your year, but I’ll be there for you…”  ~ […]

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Sir Bobby Charlton (1937 – 2023) “There has never been a more popular footballer.  As near perfection as man and player as it is possible to be.” ~ Sir Matt Busby The legendary footballer Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died yesterday morning, at the age of 86.  He was […]

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Strictly Come Dancing – Part 2 The standard in the first few weeks has been high again, with some astonishing performances.  We have lost Les Dennis, so I won’t have the opportunity to write about him (!), but will now launch into the analysis of four more contestants. Amanda Abbington I will start with the […]

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Pat Arrowsmith (1930 – 2023) The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament War and Peace “In plain words: now that Britain has told the world she has the H-bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject, in all circumstances, nuclear warfare.” ~ J.B. Priestley, 1957 Peace […]

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Michael Gambon ( 1940 – 2023) “Gambon’s iron lungs and overwhelming charisma are able to command a sort of operatic full-throatedness which triumphs over hard walls and long distances”. ~ Simon Callow One of the greatest actors of our time, Michael Gambon, died this week at the age of 82.  He was able to undertake […]

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