Graeme LF 🇺🇦

I was nearly co-opted by John Amis in 1988 to be his tape operator for his theatre tours, where he spoke about the various people he'd collaborated with (Donald Swann, Gerard Hoffnung, etc.). Lovely man.

I missed that they'd done that, darn it. No idea about the archive status, sorry.

What we now need is the far less stuffy alternative to #FaceTheMusic that was around at about the same time, My Music. This had Frank Muir on it, as well as Denis Norden, and was funny and entertaining in the way this isn't. Mind you, the compere Steve Race was a pompous ass too.

Perfect description.

Richard Tauber as Schubert! #facethemusic

Hilsa, played by Hingrid Bergman in Casablanca. #CallMyBluff

@tyleradams.bsky.social Well! Lurgi appeared down under, which brought tears to the eyes.

I was always Team Muir. Patrick Campbell used to frighten me when I was a kid with his grumpy, husky voice - the stutter didn't bother me (my Dad stuttered). And then many years later I discovered he'd written that bloody awful screenplay for Lucky Jim. #CallMyBluff

John Field: Complete Nocturnes by Alice Sara Ott — Apple Music Classical Listen to John Field: Complete Nocturnes by Alice Sara Ott. 2025. 18 tracks. 1 hour, 16 minutes.

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Anyone else in this country listening to John Field’s Nocturnes on an intercity train? Just me, then? The perfect antidote to modern life.

Should be behind a Hammond organ with the rest of the Peddlers.

Yep, saw Staggered at the cinema. For some odd reason I have the DVD. It's...patchy, but worth it for the line 'fencing hot hedgehogs'.

Morning from Peer Gynt, and Oh what a beautiful morning in the style of Richard Clayderman. #FaceTheMusic

A round of applause for Granados being torpedoed in the English Channel. Different times. #FaceTheMusic

It's one of the trending ones every week, it seems!

Oh, Joe, stop it. She's young enough to be your granddaughter. #FaceTheMusic

I've got too much hair, I wear sensible spectacles, I haven't got any brown in my wardrobe, and I'd probably get into a fistfight with Robin with jealousy for marrying Susan Stranks. Other than that...

Turn of the Screw.

1 Across Tuba
2 Down Bees (wedding)
3 Across Reed
#FaceTheMusic

That's not Kathleen Ferrier. #FaceTheMusic

Hoping Joseph Cooper's not quite as drunk as normal this week. #facethemusic

Here we go. Jenny Agutter, Tim Rice, Sinead Cusack (not in the natty gold blouse this week) and Humpty Dempster. Classic stuff. #callmybluff".

‘You enjoying that sandwich?’ 😂

YouTube video by AllTheBest The Carol Burnett Show - Koala Running Gag - Old Man Tim Conway Harvey Korman

I’ve gone down a rabbit hole with corpsing on live telly as of late. Yes, that’s an utter classic, but have you seen Korman and Conway’s stuff? I found this and it’s my new favourite thing. youtu.be/id_JF7cV_wg?...

January 23, 2026 — Winter storm begins, bringing ice, heavy snow to much of the US | CNN One of the most extreme storms in years is about to bring travel and much of the country to a standstill.

Never a good sign for the weather when British Leyland logos are predicted to be flying overhead. edition.cnn.com/weather/live...

Jack Benny and Mel Blanc as Sy the Mexican.

Sy? Si!

In a way aren't we ALL Sox Milixegz?

Text: Old adversaries Sir, Your obituary (Jan 19) of Mr Justice Blofeld rightly referred to his fine sense of humour. When he first sat in Winchester a barrister called Richard Bond stood up to open the first case. Mr Justice Blofeld began to stroke the white ermine on the sleeve of his High Court judge’s robes as if stroking a cat. He then said with a smile: “We meet at last, Mr Bond.” Sir John Royce Clifton, Bristol

Letter in Times today

Ruined for ever for me by Colin Firth in The King’s Speech. “In this gwave hour…” the apotheosis of the dance, indeed.

I loved Beecham’s assessment of the 7th. ‘What can you do with it? It’s like a lot of yaks jumping about’

Venus! #FaceTheMusic