Martin Lake

I want to know why nobody is asking why Track and Trace cost so much.

HEDY LAMARR - born 111yrs ago today - escaped her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology.

Halloween Or The Tale of the Great Pumpkin

Halloween
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Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Jimmy Durante and Buster Keaton in 1932

Dinotopia wasn't just enchanting to me as a kid because of the dinosaurs, but because of all of the little details of the world. How would the architecture accommodate dinosaurs? What kind of tools would we use now that we could work with these creatures? It was so thoughtful and curious.

Prunella Scales RIP

Donald Trump (Still) Hates His Biggest Supporters

And I read that there were no kings in the USA.

The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing

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It's amazing how the weather can plunge from summer to late autumn in 24 hours.

I love the epithet, 'Nine jobs Nigel."

Daily Peanuts!

You can proof read and proof read but when you read aloud you always find the sneakiest of mistakes.

Which one is Bryan?

Next up, I'm going to book tickets for the David exhibition at the Louvre. But I need a lie down in a darkened room before I attempt that.

I have spent four hours of my life trying to book tickets for the Singer Sargent exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay. Finally, finally, they deigned to sell me a ticket.

There's a real feel of autumn today.

Brian Patten RIP.

Save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club! Equity is distressed to hear about plans to sell Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, and the imminent closure of its program of events. We understand that the current programming team, who have establis...

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Flattering Emails are all an AI Scam Authors are getting tons of flattering emails from "publicists". All generated by AI. They won't make you a bestseller!

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DAYS TO REMEMBER On Hobbits, Brides and Bridegrooms

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Flattering Emails are all an AI Scam Authors are getting tons of flattering emails from "publicists". All generated by AI. They won't make you a bestseller!

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One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934.

MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.

Flattering Emails are all an AI Scam Authors are getting tons of flattering emails from "publicists". All generated by AI. They won't make you a bestseller!

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Remembering GRACE KELLY - who left us in tragic circumstances 43yrs ago today.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

He talks about what is right for parents. I ask - what is right for children?