Terry Teachout has died at 65. A US-based author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist, the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal, critic-at-large of Commentary. Loved his writing.
A few weeks ago while was walking along the path by the river I met a woman with a shopping trolley piled with her worldly goods. She told me her name was Rose, saying that it wasn't her proper name, but it was the name she preferred to be called. She mainly spend her time in another suburb but was visiting my area because it was where her Grandmother had lived. Her Grandmother was the person who had who had loved her most while she was growing up.
She wanted to talk so I sat down on the bench for 45 minutes or so while she told me some of her story. She said she was terminally ill and had an offer to go into some social housing accommodation and asked if I could drive her to another suburb - I couldn't as I don't have a car. We chatted for a while and then she said she just wanted to watch the river and listen to some music on her phone, so I walked home, thinking about her and wishing I could have done more than listen and give her some fruit.
She has been on my mind ever since,
Yesterday I heard a news item reporting that a homeless woman had been killed in a supermarket carpark. Today I picked up the paper, the article gave the name of the woman who had been murdered - then added "She preferred to be called Rose."
So rest in the Peace you never had as an adult Rose.
Gaspard Ulliel, 37, French actor best known in the anglosphere as Hannibal Lector in Hannibal Rising and as the face of Bleu de Chanel, died Wednesday, the result of injuries sustained in a skiing accident.
He had a very large body of work for a relatively young actor, but perhaps my favourite performance was in the Marais section of Paris , je t'aime, in which he waxes seriously philosophical while hitting on a printing atelier assistant. He takes the assistant's silence as either distance or diffidence, when, in fact, the assistant is an American who doesn't speak French. He also played The Angel in The Vintner's Luck, a very strange film that I quite enjoyed when I saw it in 2010(?).
I just missed the edit window. Ulliel was known for his quiet, gentle demeanor, and was known by those close to him as Gaspard le gentil fantôme (the gentle ghost).
As has Dwayne Hickman ( Dobie Gillis in the 60s sitcom the Many Loves of). Probably not ever screened in the UK but quite a hit in Oz from about 1964-9.
Just saw the CNN headline announcing that Meat Loaf is no longer with us. There's a flying-mammals-from-the-underworld joke to be made here, but I'll leave it to those with a better sense of on-line style.
From the Bat out of Hell to Nirvana ...Vietnamese Zen master, teacher and peace activist (the Engaged Buddhist movement) Thich Nhat Hanh died in Plum Village at 95. Most of what we think we understand about 'mindfulness' came from his talks and writings on meditation.
How sad, another of the ISIHAC team now departed, though at a good age.
(that link led me down a happy rabbit hole of One Songs, including the late lamented Victoria Wood singing Bob the Builder).
And Linda Smith's Psycho Killer.
That's the original lineup gone, with the exception of Graeme Garden. Unfortunately he wasn't in the last couple of episodes of the last series, so I can't even listen to him on catch-up.
And Linda Smith's Psycho Killer.
That's the original lineup gone, with the exception of Graeme Garden. Unfortunately he wasn't in the last couple of episodes of the last series, so I can't even listen to him on catch-up.
A pedant writes (and lifelong fan of ISIHAC) - the original line-up included John Cleese and Bill Oddie off the top of my head - and I think possibly Jo Kendall?? - who are not dead. So bolt them all together with Graeme G and that's an original line-up. Just short of the host. *longest serving* line-up I'd give you.
I am sure yes, to the extent that one grew out of the other. The first series of ISIHAC had John Cleese, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall (I've checked that since the earlier post) as regulars.
Dafyd - I've listened to that very recording several times today. The news of her death has rocked the traditional music world. Such a personality - and such a voice!
That's very true: I doubt I'd have heard of her if we hadn't had those tapes. (I was a bit young for ISIRTA when it was new, but I thoroughly enjoyed it several years later).
I confess I can never keep track of which movies were directed by Reitman and produced by Harold Ramis, and which which ones were directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Ivan Reitman. And I think up until I double-checked a few hours ago, I woulda said that Ghostbusters was directed by Ramis. Both part of that Second City/National Lampoon/SNL axis that dominated American comedy in the early to mid-80s.
A few years ago I watched Draft Day, with Kevin Costner, a rare dramatic entry for Reitman. And I remember my mother being REALLY bowled over by Twins(saw it myself a while later, funny but not brilliant). Overall, I'd have today Meatballs is probably my favorite of the films of his that I've seen. ("It just doesn't matter!!")
I first encountered the Meg and Mog books when I was teaching 5 year olds. They were very popular with the children I taught possibly because Meg made lots of funny mistakes. I found it interesting that the illustrator used bold colour and shapes to make the pictures whereas the silhouetted illustrations in the fairy stories were much more delicate and detailed.
Dr Paul Farmer, physician, humanitarian and author who helped provide healthcare to impoverished people worldwide and who co-founded the global non-profit Partners in Health, has died at the age of 62 from cardiac arrest in Rwanda.
Paul Farmer saw no reason why people in undeveloped countries should die of the illnesses easily treated and cured in wealthier nations. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”
I'm not sure if anyone else here followed her online but for some years I have been a Twitter fan of DigitalNun and enjoyed her shrewd and compassionate posts. She was Dame Catherine Wybourne of the Benedictine Nuns and died after a long battle with cancer.
So sorry to hear this, though I had known it was coming. Dame Catherine's death leaves a commuity of one (plus an unknown number of Oblates). It's only 10 years or so since they took on the mortgaage of the beautiful building they have made their own. She will be much missed. Our prayers are with "Quiet Nun" who has been caring for her there.
The Anglican blogger Archbishop Cranmer has written an appreciation of Sr Catherine, which includes this line "In the morning and in the evening, she filled the sewer of Twitter with the fragrance of Christ"
Terribly sad news that Shane Warne, possibly the finest leg-spinner of all time, has died at the age of just 52.
A double-blow for Australian cricket coming just hours after the death of another legend, Rodney Marsh, who served cricket as player, coach and administrator.
Terribly sad news that Shane Warne, possibly the finest leg-spinner of all time, has died at the age of just 52.
The greatest slow bowler in my opinion.
A double-blow for Australian cricket coming just hours after the death of another legend, Rodney Marsh, who served cricket as player, coach and administrator.
A great keeper, especially to the quicks and a very useful batter.
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She wanted to talk so I sat down on the bench for 45 minutes or so while she told me some of her story. She said she was terminally ill and had an offer to go into some social housing accommodation and asked if I could drive her to another suburb - I couldn't as I don't have a car. We chatted for a while and then she said she just wanted to watch the river and listen to some music on her phone, so I walked home, thinking about her and wishing I could have done more than listen and give her some fruit.
She has been on my mind ever since,
Yesterday I heard a news item reporting that a homeless woman had been killed in a supermarket carpark. Today I picked up the paper, the article gave the name of the woman who had been murdered - then added "She preferred to be called Rose."
So rest in the Peace you never had as an adult Rose.
🕯 for Adalia Rose
He had a very large body of work for a relatively young actor, but perhaps my favourite performance was in the Marais section of Paris , je t'aime, in which he waxes seriously philosophical while hitting on a printing atelier assistant. He takes the assistant's silence as either distance or diffidence, when, in fact, the assistant is an American who doesn't speak French. He also played The Angel in The Vintner's Luck, a very strange film that I quite enjoyed when I saw it in 2010(?).
I am very sad.
(that link led me down a happy rabbit hole of One Songs, including the late lamented Victoria Wood singing Bob the Builder).
That's the original lineup gone, with the exception of Graeme Garden. Unfortunately he wasn't in the last couple of episodes of the last series, so I can't even listen to him on catch-up.
A pedant writes (and lifelong fan of ISIHAC) - the original line-up included John Cleese and Bill Oddie off the top of my head - and I think possibly Jo Kendall?? - who are not dead. So bolt them all together with Graeme G and that's an original line-up. Just short of the host. *longest serving* line-up I'd give you.
(We had tapes* of it in the car that saw us through many a long journey).
* yes, it was that long ago!
She never got the fame and fortune accorded to other (male) graduates of ISIRTA.
He always came over as such a gentleman. RIP.
I confess I can never keep track of which movies were directed by Reitman and produced by Harold Ramis, and which which ones were directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Ivan Reitman. And I think up until I double-checked a few hours ago, I woulda said that Ghostbusters was directed by Ramis. Both part of that Second City/National Lampoon/SNL axis that dominated American comedy in the early to mid-80s.
A few years ago I watched Draft Day, with Kevin Costner, a rare dramatic entry for Reitman. And I remember my mother being REALLY bowled over by Twins(saw it myself a while later, funny but not brilliant). Overall, I'd have today Meatballs is probably my favorite of the films of his that I've seen. ("It just doesn't matter!!")
Paul Farmer saw no reason why people in undeveloped countries should die of the illnesses easily treated and cured in wealthier nations. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”
May he rest in peace.
A double-blow for Australian cricket coming just hours after the death of another legend, Rodney Marsh, who served cricket as player, coach and administrator.