The one and only Royal Albert Hall has been home to more legendary moments in music history then the law allows. While the past year has been more than challenging for this iconic venue, the concert hall that borders London’s Hyde Park in South Kensington is nothing short of a national treasure….and, has been for over 150 years!
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While there is, sadly, no joy in Mudville with the realization that there probably won’t be any additional Upstart Crow greatness from the mind palace of Ben Elton and featuring the brilliant David Mitchell as a young Will Shakespeare, there is news of a new “case-of-the-week crime comedy-drama” from the BBC, Ludwig, starring Mitchell.
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When Call the Midwife returns this Sunday to PBS for series 14, the midwives enter the 1970s, which brings with it new challenges for Nonnatus House as Poplar and the world are being introduced to percolators, vending machines and the widening of flares, oh my!
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It may not be as good as bringing back Sanditon for a 4th series, Leigh Court, a mansion near Bristol used as a filming location for productions including ITV’s Sanditon, Netflix’s Bridgerton and BBC’s Doctor Who has hit the market.
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Once again, Red Nose Day has distinguished itself as the single most brilliant example known to man and/or woman of how an entire country can demonstrate the ability to create brilliant content and rally around a charitable cause. Comic Relief was launched on Christmas Day in 1985 by comedian Sir Lenny Henry and writer/director Richard Curtis (Blackadder, […]
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It’s the cops’ job to clean up the city, but it’s Wicky’s job to clean up the crime scenes…after CSI finishes, of course. When the detectives are done, he moves in, armed with his bleach, pristine-white rags, biohazard buckets, scrubbing brushes and an endless supply of protective clothing.
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Given it’s officially still St. Patrick’s Day 2025, I thought it was worth repeating another year as not only is it hard to let St. Paddy’s Day pass without thinking of Frank McCourt. As you read this, raise a virtual ‘jar’ or two of Guinness to Frank McCourt.
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While it, technically, is the day set aside to celebrate the mathematical constant knows as “Pi”, one can never have enough pie be it American or British so, no matter where you are and whether you are a fan of the traditional American ‘pie’ or British ‘pie’, today is National Pi(e) Day here in the U.S.
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There are a handful of actors that I would be content to just sit and let them read the phone book. We’re talking the likes of Nicola Walker, Suranne Jones, Bill Nighy and, obviously, Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Douglas is Cancelled is worth keeping an eye on for a number of reasons. One being the outstanding cast that starts with Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Twenty Twelve, W1A), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy), Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER), Ben Miles (Coupling, Forsyte Saga, The Crown) and Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and, two, the mind palaces behind the series are acclaimed writer Steven Moffat (Coupling, Sherlock, Dracula) and Sue Vertue’s Hartswood Films (Men Behaving Badly, Coupling, Sherlock, Jekyll, Dracula).
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