David Dent
@darkeyesoflondon.bsky.social
Writes about film @ www.darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.co.uk
Co-host of Larry and David's Film Salon:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/larry-and-davids-film-salon/
Music @ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4o3hXmV1cNAtD2MakmHFEx?si=FueygBggSMWwBZIUxpIwtw
Co-host of Larry and David's Film Salon:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/larry-and-davids-film-salon/
Music @ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4o3hXmV1cNAtD2MakmHFEx?si=FueygBggSMWwBZIUxpIwtw
Project one term coming along nicely Laura.
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Project one term coming along nicely Laura.
BBC doing its usual thing of putting journalist think pieces in place of the news.
July 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
BBC doing its usual thing of putting journalist think pieces in place of the news.
Out of interest, how does this happen in terms of blog traffic?
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Out of interest, how does this happen in terms of blog traffic?
I had to send some Postal Orders yesterday. Yes such things still exist but not only have they not changed the royal face on the front, the photo of the one they do have was taken in about 1960. Is there some arcane reason for this?
April 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I had to send some Postal Orders yesterday. Yes such things still exist but not only have they not changed the royal face on the front, the photo of the one they do have was taken in about 1960. Is there some arcane reason for this?
My cat spends an inordinate amount of time on her back.
March 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My cat spends an inordinate amount of time on her back.
The latest podcast from Larry and David's Film Salon covers Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film Le mépris aka Contempt. You can listen via Apple or Spotify.
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March 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The latest podcast from Larry and David's Film Salon covers Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film Le mépris aka Contempt. You can listen via Apple or Spotify.
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/HymMNzFysRb
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/HymMNzFysRb
These old farts trying to remain young…
February 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
These old farts trying to remain young…
The day every new cat owner dreads (ours - Susie - is on the inside).
February 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The day every new cat owner dreads (ours - Susie - is on the inside).
I’d go with The Basher, Nonsecular Nigel or Mikey Mitre. For openers.
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I’d go with The Basher, Nonsecular Nigel or Mikey Mitre. For openers.
Photographed on my travels. Wait for it…
January 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Photographed on my travels. Wait for it…
What links this 1971 novel by the enigmatically named R.Warner Crozetti to schlockmeister filmmaker Jerry Warren? Watch out for the new DARK EYES OF LONDON podcast to find out!
January 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What links this 1971 novel by the enigmatically named R.Warner Crozetti to schlockmeister filmmaker Jerry Warren? Watch out for the new DARK EYES OF LONDON podcast to find out!
Got our cat a Christmas catnip mouse. Drives pets wild said the packaging. Uh huh.
December 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Got our cat a Christmas catnip mouse. Drives pets wild said the packaging. Uh huh.
Our Victorian Christmas is alive and well with tree and lights from Woolworths. Have a lovely holiday everyone xx
December 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Our Victorian Christmas is alive and well with tree and lights from Woolworths. Have a lovely holiday everyone xx
This year all our Christmas tree baubles are shatterproof. Can’t think why.
December 18, 2024 at 8:05 AM
This year all our Christmas tree baubles are shatterproof. Can’t think why.
Our decs are somewhat minimal this year.
December 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Our decs are somewhat minimal this year.
So this weekend’s project involved painting our hall. The paint we chose was called ‘Mummy’. Turns out that the colour used to be called ‘Mummy Brown’ and was, until the early 19th Century, partly made from mummy remains; it has a rather gruesome history:
www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and...
www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and...
December 10, 2024 at 12:43 PM
So this weekend’s project involved painting our hall. The paint we chose was called ‘Mummy’. Turns out that the colour used to be called ‘Mummy Brown’ and was, until the early 19th Century, partly made from mummy remains; it has a rather gruesome history:
www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and...
www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and...
Our cats want a word with you… #CatsofBlueSky
December 3, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Our cats want a word with you… #CatsofBlueSky
I like to think so but sometimes I’m not so sure.
December 3, 2024 at 11:10 AM
I like to think so but sometimes I’m not so sure.
Me waiting for my car to de-ice.
December 2, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Me waiting for my car to de-ice.
Great evening at New River Studios in north London for the launch of the new book about and by Huggy Bear. Jo Johnson read extracts and there was an impromptu sort of reunion which effortlessly recaptured why they were important.
November 28, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Great evening at New River Studios in north London for the launch of the new book about and by Huggy Bear. Jo Johnson read extracts and there was an impromptu sort of reunion which effortlessly recaptured why they were important.
Still makes me laugh.
November 27, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Still makes me laugh.
It’s a Friday afternoon. What’re ya gonna do? #catsofbluesky
November 22, 2024 at 9:37 PM
It’s a Friday afternoon. What’re ya gonna do? #catsofbluesky
Let me know when you see it #catsofbluesky
November 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Let me know when you see it #catsofbluesky
Older London based viewers may remember this, and indeed the music that accompanied it, but this is the full theme by Johnny Hawksworth (which used to be played in full in the morning before the first programme):
youtu.be/kpRVD5MBWtY?...
youtu.be/kpRVD5MBWtY?...
November 18, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Older London based viewers may remember this, and indeed the music that accompanied it, but this is the full theme by Johnny Hawksworth (which used to be played in full in the morning before the first programme):
youtu.be/kpRVD5MBWtY?...
youtu.be/kpRVD5MBWtY?...
My cat Susie has created her own SAD lamp.
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 AM
My cat Susie has created her own SAD lamp.