Richard Sales
@theblueacorn
Still hiding in the library. ho/hum
Not sure why my timelines are suddenly full of dgentle Django but I’m so pleased he still floats on, furiously chopping away in a smoky basement somewhere. I saw Grappelli live a couple of times with Martin Taylor doing his best, smooth but none of Django’s daring.
Anybody read this one aloud? It's great for school groups aged 6 and up. #library #readaloud #librarytalk
‘MicroBLANDING’? What would Lord Emsworth say? #SummerLightning #EmpressofBlandings #PGWodehouse
Rather than ask 'the public' to not engage in online speculation because it is distressing to the family and friends of Ann Widdecombe, perhaps the less Cnut-ish option would be for Asst. Chief Constable Longman to publicly advise the family and friends of Ann Widdecombe to stay offline for a bit.
You’ve seen The Taking of Pelham One Two Three? Elizondo’s come a long way
“You might remember us from a couple of Christmases ago, we did ‘White Chocolate…” #LegzAkimbo #OlliePlimsolls
My dad didn’t have many novels. This one, some James Herriot. I knew this image before I had knowingly heard Spike’s voice. It goes pretty deep.
Rashida Jones has a very famous father. It’s Freddie Jones and her brother is Toby. #MovieFacts #Celebrity #Lies
Suzanne Pleshette was like an attractive version of Elizabeth Taylor.
Charlotte Rampling in Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Finally entering her Ben Whishaw phase.
At the library we have a drop box for returning items out of hours. This morning I found this in it and I’m not sure how to react. (Stapler for scale)
Oh ho! Thanks for the recommendation. Off the top of my head, the sight of Harry at his three dials, recreating the conversation in the park suddenly begins to feel like a better than meta commentary on Murch’s process, hmmmm? Yeeeess?
Had Glenda Jackson played Rosa Klebb. Anna Maxwell Martin as Raskova in Star City. I’m not sure the script is taxing her but by gum she’s good.
This is Catherine Cookson running at full pressure in A Dinner of Herbs. Acknowledging her background reading then BANG! - page 1 of the prologue, straight in with her new found smelting expertise. #CatherineCookson #Saga #LibraryLife
Stayed up late reading an old book about how Henry James and HG Wells started off as respectful pals and ended up as respectful enemies. Their letters are from whole other worlds. Jaffa cakes at hand. Here's the ancient celluloid library gubbins
Oh my goodness I found it! Don't tell anyone but I used a Visible Panty Network to steal this from America. Of course it was Al Jaffee
I did wonder if I should clarify. Not a cut throat razor but one like this…
My dad had this lp of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. One whole section is a spoken account, with samples, of how they recorded the guns and bells. That’s the only bit he listened to. #Tchaikovsky #Vinyl #Memories
I see that little adult David Sullivan from football and pornography is in trouble. Remember when Chris Morris spoke to him on Brass Eye?
If you can tear your eyes away from the familiar & celebrated upper half of Zurbarán’s Francis of Assisi (currently in the National Gallery’s unmissable show), you’ll notice one reason for his popularity - knotted rope encourages squirrels, voles, shrews and martens to scamper up for nuts, seeds etc
At the Zurbaran show in London. There’s another dead bishop on the landing.
Oh it's World Oceans Day! Oh that's nice innit, I'm glad they're getting something cos they have a hell of a time
Just tidying up in the children’s library, suddenly thought of Burt Kwouk
I knew Martin Amis was in A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) as a boy, I've read accounts of it and seen stills but have only just seen the film for the first time. He's oddly absent for much of it but here's his big moment. Quite a sequence. #martinamis #highwindinjamaica
When a UK Ambassador to the USA is suddenly withdrawn due to a scandal and there's an impending visit by the King, is there an emergency standby Ambassador? Do they phone Gary Davies?