Oliver Twist (2007) BBC Four
PART ONE I enjoyed the first instalment of the 2007 version of Oliver Twist this evening. BBC Drama at its best. Sumptuous production values. A brilliant adaptation: the…
A running buffet of the thoughts and ideas that crowd into a writer’s life.
PART ONE I enjoyed the first instalment of the 2007 version of Oliver Twist this evening. BBC Drama at its best. Sumptuous production values. A brilliant adaptation: the…
Ten years or so ago, Fiskerton made his first appearance on Facebook. Now,it is a truth universally acknowledged that a gentleman, living alone, must be in need of a valet-cum-butler, so I invented one for myself.
All is True Bill Bryson pointed out that we know very little about Shakespeare’s life and if you look back through the excellent work of Peter Ackroyd, Ivor…
I like short stories. It’s a mystery to me why some publishers have such a downer on them. It seems that they are not happy to countenance publishing…
A good day at the keyboard. My fourth novel, A Dish of Apricots, has definitely moved into the endgame. Here’s an idea of what’s to come: Philip Williams…
The Breakfast Club [Netflix] ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Teen flics are not usually my bag (apart from the inimitable Sex Education). I really thought this was going to be an exception.…
Humphrey sat on the garden swing with the green pistol in one hand and the red pistol in the other. A large King Edward potato lay in his…
Les Quatre Cents Coups (dir. Truffaut) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This superb coming of age movie has long been a firm favourite of mine and I enjoyed rediscovering it on Prime.…
Our last morning was given over to a stroll in Central Park and the weather gods were good to us: it was bright crisp and sunny. Naturally, a…
O what a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practise to deceive When he was about four, Lucas kept a kiwi fruit as a pet. He had made…