Richard Alloway
@richardalloway.bsky.social
Creator of Little Acorns, the notes organisation app for writers, and author of novels, short stories, screenplays, poems, and reflections (suspicions and superstitions).
"Many great legal scholars" are the sons/daughters of "a lot of people are saying".
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Many great legal scholars" are the sons/daughters of "a lot of people are saying".
'Many legal scholars' is at least as reputable a source as 'a lot of people are saying'.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
'Many legal scholars' is at least as reputable a source as 'a lot of people are saying'.
The Nuremberg defense is back, baby!
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Nuremberg defense is back, baby!
This would serve as a proud centrepiece to anyone's Thanksgiving table.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This would serve as a proud centrepiece to anyone's Thanksgiving table.
Reminds me of Python's:
"Minister,... in your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOb...
"Minister,... in your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOb...
Monty Python - Face The Press
YouTube video by Caio Badner
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reminds me of Python's:
"Minister,... in your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOb...
"Minister,... in your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOb...
Does it always look like that, or had it just told a whopper?
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Does it always look like that, or had it just told a whopper?
Almost makes you feel sorry for Nixon.
He came to power at a time when people—members of his own party—gave a damn about something other than their own careers.
He came to power at a time when people—members of his own party—gave a damn about something other than their own careers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Almost makes you feel sorry for Nixon.
He came to power at a time when people—members of his own party—gave a damn about something other than their own careers.
He came to power at a time when people—members of his own party—gave a damn about something other than their own careers.
Superb film, but a difficult watch because it has the weight of myth.
A chronicle of deaths foretold.
Everything in it moves towards this inevitable turn.
A chronicle of deaths foretold.
Everything in it moves towards this inevitable turn.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Superb film, but a difficult watch because it has the weight of myth.
A chronicle of deaths foretold.
Everything in it moves towards this inevitable turn.
A chronicle of deaths foretold.
Everything in it moves towards this inevitable turn.
I used to see Pearson on 'Late Review' on BBC2, and knowing nothing else about her, thought her a sweet lady.
WTF happened to her?
WTF happened to her?
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I used to see Pearson on 'Late Review' on BBC2, and knowing nothing else about her, thought her a sweet lady.
WTF happened to her?
WTF happened to her?
Must look out for this one.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Must look out for this one.
Coburn was so cool, I suspect this was him relaxing between takes:
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Coburn was so cool, I suspect this was him relaxing between takes:
Perfect film.
Everyone in—behind it—is top-notch.
But maybe Clifton Webb is just a tad topper?
Everyone in—behind it—is top-notch.
But maybe Clifton Webb is just a tad topper?
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Perfect film.
Everyone in—behind it—is top-notch.
But maybe Clifton Webb is just a tad topper?
Everyone in—behind it—is top-notch.
But maybe Clifton Webb is just a tad topper?