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Meet the Pallisers

I saw The Rocky Horror Show at a theatre in the King’s Road (possibly The Royal Court) in the 1970s and was taken by surprise when the audience were mostly in costume and participated in the show – I remember lots of rice being chucked in a wedding scene.

High Life, Low Life; or a Princess and Politics

Nick Foulkes was commissioned to interview Princess Ira von Fürstenberg for The Aesthete column in the HTSI (How To Spend It) supplement to WeekendFT, an agreeable task.

Broken Promises

Two apparently unconnected stories with a local (Barons Court) link.

Civilisation

Say “David Attenborough” and I think of Planet Earth and other natural history programmes on television and that has been a lifelong interest of his.

East of England, West of Ireland

This is what others saw on and over the Norfolk wetlands. We did identify some common waders, duck and geese and, for a bonus, a muntjac and a hare.

It’s Only a Paper Moon

“Say it’s only a paper moon”, lyrics made famous by Ella Fitzgerald.

Big Spender

My grandfather, rather often, used to say philosophically: “The weather is improving – for the worse”.

The Banshees of Inisherin

As I have yet to see The Banshees of Inisherin I have turned to a guest blogger.

Left Hand, Right Hand

Henry, 1st Earl of Londesborough (1834-1900) was one of Osbert Sitwell’s (1892-1969) grandfathers so unsurprisingly he features in Osbert’s memoir Left Hand, Right Hand.

The Quiet Man

I must re-watch The Quiet Man, John Ford’s 1952 film starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara.

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