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There is a film coming out shortly – Testament Of Youth – a new screen version of Vera Brittain’s memorable tale of her life and loves during WW1. As part of the publicity surrounding its launch, a good deal of media attention has been given to a new  biography of her – [...]

December 28, 2014 // 3 Comments

A near-perfect afternoon

Cold temperatures and winds outside in West Sussex, the food shopping done, a gin & tonic plus two glasses of very acceptable claret and a butternut-squash soup and baguette lunch in your stomach, a bright wood-burning fire blazing in the grate and BT Sport’s live coverage of Harlequins v [...]

December 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

Zulu

We film buffs are a funny lot. We like nothing better than to criticise and show off our knowledge. So let me say that the assessment of Zulu in yesterday’s Rust was enthusiastic and fairly accurate. There were a few omissions. The Zulus ran 48 miles with assegais on their back after [...]

December 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

A classic movie

On Saturday 27th December at 3.55pm Zulu, starring Stanley Baker and Michael Cane, will be shown on Channel Four. National Rust’s esteemed film critic Neil Rosen has written about this iconic British movie previously but some hold that you can never have too much of a good thing and today I would [...]

December 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

A man who ploughed his own furrow

Joe Cocker, the Sheffield-born rock and blues singer died yesterday in America, where he had lived for most of the past forty years. His distinctive rasping, soulful voice earned him many plaudits and fans, not least amongst journalists and major rock artistes around the world. Having always sung [...]

December 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ken Howard

Reading the autobiography Ken Howard – Light and Dark I am struck by the similarities of his life and works with Ted Seago. Both were/are figurative painters, immensely popular with sell-out exhibitions at the Colnaghi gallery, both had more popular than critical acclaim, and both careers [...]

December 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

Cinderella

The pantomime production of Cinderella has attracted no doubt intended publicity for the appearance of Linda Gray of Dallas fame as the Fairy Godmother. She has in her career showed versatility both in directing Dallas and in stage appearances as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate. However she is [...]

December 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Laughter is such a personal thing

Stereotypical Northern Irishman Frank Carson who, like not a few comedians, made a career out of telling simplistic jokes, used to have a catch-phrase “It’s the way I tells ‘em” which, perhaps one of the ultimate truths about his chosen profession, may explain why we find some performers [...]

December 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Lords: a pictorial celebration

Sports photography is a neglected art so Andrew Strauss is to be congratulated in selecting 200 photographs to celebrate Lords in this pictorial celebration. It traces the history of Lords from its founder Thomas Lord to the era of the bearded doctor WG Grace and the present day. Lords is unusual [...]

December 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

Emil Zatopek

Yesterday in the radio 4 programme Great Lives presented by Matthew Parris, Arthur Smith advocated Emil Zatopek. To those that do not know, Emil Zatopek (1922-2000) was one of one of the greatest middle distance runners of all time, certainly in terms of records. He set 18 world records between 5k [...]

December 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

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