Off Topic Chazz's Book Club.

Marvelous series
And the supporting cast was fantastic
Horrible Ives
Genial Harry grout
Etc

 

They don't make 'em like that anymore, I know it's a cliche but they don't do they?

 

Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who also penned The Likely Lads and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

In answer to your question Rover: No. No, they don't.

 

Decided to re visit Dickens done Oliver Twist which has ire to it than the films . After months just done Martin Chuzzlewit nearly 900 pages !! , very wordy and long winded but that’s Dickens , it’s not one of his I’d recommend at all . Separately try ‘Child44’ , the film is well done but the book is really detailed in the Stalin Russian oppression and how almost everyone is under suspicion and often ‘shopped’ by others . The starvation is unbelievable .

 

I bought the complete collection of Dickens on ebooks for 99p, haven't read any yet, got to get into 'em soon.

 

Everyone I know says Dickens was long-winded, but he was writing for the audience at that time...With no tv or visual aids half the people had no idea what he was on about so he had to go OTT, plus many of the stories were serialised in magazines so they had to go on a bit to fill them out..True.

 

Forgot they were serialised so could be very long for a variety of reasons - cheers !

 

A lady called Val Wood is doing a book signing in boyeszz on hessle rd

 

Doubt that she'd be my cup of tea, but sounds like an all round good egg nonetheless.

https://www.valwood.co.uk

 

Strange place to be doing a book signing, wonder if the books are 20p each, 6 and a bag of winegums for a quid?

Bit mean I know, I'm sure her books are fine.

 

She knows who reads her books.

 

She wouldn’t sign my chest Ernie
Thought it might get it going a bit
Can’t help some people

 

Tell her to change her name to Val Wouldn't

 

Probably didn't help you dropped your pants and skiddies...

 

It was in boyeszz Ron!!
Bucket list tick

 

My missus!

 

I don't know if you've heard but the new administration is releasing all the files related to the Kennedy assassination (as well as his brother's and Martin Luther King's assassinations). It's been said there will be no redactions.

 

Not a book but a film .A Complete Unknown. The life of Bob Dylan's early years from 1961 to 1965. From a young 20 year old arriving in New York and playing at open mic nights, to his subsequent rise to fame and him going electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. This film captures the moment magically.
I thought it was a fabulous film and the young bloke who plays Dylan was superb.
Fully deserving of an Oscar.
Highly recommended.

 

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