Philip Gwynne Jones

I only have one, but it's for the Marciana Library in Venice; so I think that's pretty good...

Yep. Strong contender for Greatest Living Welshman!

Happy Birthday, John Cale.

But we can also go back to sport and culture in South Africa. The years of sporting boycotts, "I ain't gonna play Sun City" and the like. Culture/sport is a soft power but an effective one.

True. I remember some really good stuff, ironically, from Iran for example.

Closed for renovation, but they have an official representation in the Arsenale and will again this year.

True (and one could of course add Iran to that list). But Russia, Israel and the USA have, if you like, the extra prestige of a pavilion in the Giardini. It makes them, if you like, more legitimate.

Agree on Israel and the US, it's never going to happen.

Yep. There are other countries as well, but those three, in particular, have the privilege of a pavilion in the Giardini. If you're there, it makes a statement. And, really, the Biennale should be making a stand on this.

‘A stage for whitewashing war crimes’: Venice Biennale urged to exclude Russia Ukraine criticises organisers’ decision to allow Russia to take part in prestigious art exhibition as ‘incomprehensible’

This is disgraceful (and I can think of a number of other countries that shouldn't be there either...)

Unlike Bob Geldof, I do actually like Mondays. There's a whole week ahead full of possibilities. I mean, it rarely works out that way but still...

This is worth a read…

Brilliant!

STOP ARSING AROUND WITH HOT CROSS BUNS!

My. Goodness. Me.!!!

I remember us listening to possibly all of The Wall, possibly quite late at night...

Oh, Mae hi'n hyfryd iawn!

Lovely to see you back here Debra xx

😀

RIP Country Joe McDonald. We need you with us now...

*All* of ER is available, but I'm not sure we have time for all of it!

Alis, D'o'n i ddim yn gwybod wnest ti bod ar y sioe. Wnes I newydd gwrando a'r penodd gyda Peredur Glyn. Bydda i'n gwrando ar dy sioe di yn fuan...

Big M R James "The Ash Tree" vibes there...

She is, and she is brilliant and funny and clever, and I'm so pleased for her!

Yeah, I really dislike that as a phrase because it suggests that all they're there for is to be a victim and to scream a lot. Which is not true of three of the four people on my list (yes, Nicolodi is pictured screaming but that wasn't her screen persona at all). "Queen of Horror" it is, for me.

The late 80s and 90s were a very dark time. There's a generation now who only remember success. But we've been there before...

Four Queens of Horror for International Women's Day.

Barbara Shelley, Barbara Steele, Daria Nicolodi and Evelyn Ankers.

I dont want to jinx anything, but i think you’ll be fine.

And great for Cymru that those lads are getting experience in the Prem.

From Braveheart to the Bel Paese: Scottish football players in Italy (Part I) - From Verona in Italy, Richard Hough's “Notes from Verona”, charts the highs and lows of following his local team. In this second monthly column he remembers the handful of Scots who have played in Ser...

Ferguson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Bowie as Bologna host Hellas Verona this afternoon.

Here's @rickhough.bsky.social on the handful of Scottish players who have appeared in Serie A.

From Braveheart to the Bel Paese: Scottish football players in Italy:

www.gentlemanultra.com/2023/10/19/n...

The early morning fog has lifted and it feels like a lovely spring day! #Venice

Heheh. Well, obviously, I want Wales to win a game this year. I wouldn't be distraught if Italy won as long as we played well, and it would be great for Italy if they could finish in the top half of the table. But on the other hand, Italy have two scalps this year and so, really, it has to be Wales.

Doesn't Ace kind of do it in "Remembrance of the Daleks"? When the little girl is going all mad and Dalek-y....