That's awful, Dan. But, crappy as you might feel, please don't alter your AD consumption based on advice from anyone other than your doc or a pharmacist.

Let's not set aside his talent for atrocious dialogue, in which department he even outclasses George Lucas.

The Bell Jar?

Oh yes. Saw him in Leicester on that tour, with Baby Lemonade. Wonderful.

I remember many years ago, you got a bit upset that I'd accused you of looking a bit like Richard Herring. This costume isn't doing anything to disabuse me of that perception.

Via the novel it's based on.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Knees and Bumps-a-daisy

Though it's a slightly different thing, because it was written for artistic purposes. It's also significantly different from the film.

...and this is why I should read the whole thread before pitching in.

That one was more a treatment than a novelization. Greene wrote the novella first, to get his juices going before he started on the script.

Cheers. I am - after a year of chemo and a stem cell transplant that would have bankrupted me in many societies. It does speak to your point, though, that much of the major stuff is still amazing, but day-to-day interactions can be ridiculously obstructive.

On the other hand, if you want impeccable care, I can totally recommend getting blood cancer in Leicester.

The Spanish City is a very cheesy bit of seaside architecture in Whitley Bay. Many's the coin I wasted in 2p Falls machines there during my childhood. It also gets a namecheck in Dire Straits 'Tunnel of Love'.

As is demonstrated by the tumbleweed blowing around that post.

Consequently this should be the Time Of The Writers; the moment when unassuming types with a flair for the written sentence finally have their day. But plot twist: Chat GPT steals the Meek's chance to inherit the Earth.

Clearly got a taste for publicity, as well as for cola bottles.

I wouldn't say he came over well in most of the doc - but he did kind of redeem himself in the final episode or two.

Same guy was in that Channel 4 doc where they sent some anti-immigrant people and some non-racists to experience what it's like being a refugee. You can see him in the background here.

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