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Hello Bluesky chums! Iโve started a Substack, Contra Mundum - alexanderlarman.substack.com - and have written about old-school actors, what to do when pitches go awry and the greatness of Barry Lyndon. Come and say hello!
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Thanks for this - enjoyed reading it.
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Tuning in to EDWARD VS GEORGE: THE WINDSORS AT WAR, @alexlarman.bsky.social definitive account of the Royal Family during WWII on @channel4tv.bsky.social this weekend?
Discover even more of the story with the book that inspired the show.
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I did a thingโฆ Well @alexlarman.bsky.social did most of itโฆ I just did my Duke of Windsor stand up routineโฆ
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You are magnificent in itโฆ
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Hello Richard!
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Delighted to meet you all. I hope that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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The Montagu Pyke.
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