Tag Archives: film

Watch Lola! (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I screamed at everyone in the railway carriage that they must watch the just-released cinematic masterpiece Lola.

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Albert Finney ad man (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Dreamaticus

What a coincidence! I came out of an all-night film show to come face-to-face with Albert Finney. While he was not the star of the main movie, he did feature in one of the adverts shown during the intermission. When … Continue reading →

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Greta Garbo Oxford shame (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Dreamaticus

PS and I had a vital message for the mistress of the Oxford college. Unfortunately, we did not manage to pass it on before the auditorium started to fill with students. The topic of the lecture was a 1930s film … Continue reading →

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Film crew at the farm (Rousse)

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Dreamaticus

My cousins’ farm was looking splendid. It was more spacious than ever, beautifully decorated, clean, tidy, and filled with friends. I was particularly impressed that B and J managed all the house work on their own. I wondered, however, at … Continue reading →

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Belle co-stars with Grace Kelly and gets nude for four in a tub fun

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I’d been given a tiny little child’s desk in a corridor. Soon I would be expected to manage every single Olympic Games ticket order and yet the new senior managers were trying to force me out of my job. I … Continue reading →

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Off-set with (ugly) Orlando Bloom (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Orlando Bloom was at a loose end with nothing to do, so he eagerly accepted my invitation to while away the afternoon off-set with me. I noted that the actor was shorter than I had imagined, and not terribly handsome … Continue reading →

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Rob Brydon kiss and tell (Rousse)

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I knew that Rob Brydon was in town for the Edinburgh Film Festival, but had not anticipated that he would forsake the celeb parties in favour of popping down the road to pay us a visit. He embraced me in … Continue reading →

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Over body-confidence, laundry robbers, the Northumbrian pipes, and a man in white bow ties (Rousse)

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Early one morning, before the shops opened, my sister S, my mother and I ran along the Ullapool esplanade. At the far end we stepped on the scales. My sister weighed in at 11 stone five, over two stone heavier … Continue reading →

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Chatty arts professional protects her left breast (Rousse)

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Dreamaticus

ECM arrived in the basement gallery as I was installing the new exhibition. She took a plastic tub of bright green powder paint and started to mix it so that she could ‘cheer the room up a bit’. When I … Continue reading →

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Killer eggs of Hollywood (Belle)

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The TV was on in the bar but the sound was off. It was the perfect opportunity to show off my knowledge of mid-century historical dramas filmed in technicolour. I took full advantage. I explained that the gilded carriage was … Continue reading →

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