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Betrayal...
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Who2 » Sat Apr 22, 2017 2:49 pm
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Betrayal
Saturday Drama Radio 4
Harold Pinter's acclaimed drama about a love affair and the intricate nature of deceit which is told in reverse time from its poignant ending to its thrilling first...
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Been listening to Pinters play while sitting in the garden, lovely day today :up Joan Bakewells version of events is on straight afterwards.
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Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:28 pm
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Saturday Night in Copenhagen
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BENNU » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:03 am
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:a47: :vc: I fought my way through the cold rain tonight, missing Egypt, and back through the snow, missing Morocco. I have danced all night, hypnotised by The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by...
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I was of course too close to the stage to be in this video from a rainy, snowy night in my city:
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Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:07 pm
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The Hatton Garden Job..
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Who2 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:11 am
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Is out today..... 8)
Six 'crims: So which is Basil ?
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2nd from the right Martin Brunt crime correspondent for Sky has a St John's bag full of hot cross buns.
Very timely seeing how it's easter again...8)
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Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:47 am
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Filming Egypt after the revolution: "Clash (Eshtebak)"
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DJKeefy » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:14 pm
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Filming Egypt after the revolution: ‘An extra was stabbed, a car was hijacked. It was crazy.
Making this film has made my life hell in Egypt,” says Mohamed Diab. It was hell to shoot, he says, it...
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See also:
Interesting interview on BBC HARDTALK with film director Mohamed Diab.
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Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:20 pm
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Desert Island Discs....
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Who2 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:37 pm
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For a few months now I peruse their guests, normally looking up people I know or have met.
I have hundreds of interesting people downloaded, I listen to their views and record choices,
usually when...
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At the launch of Irv's 'Filth down Brick lane one night, I was in the gents, next urinal was Jarvis Cocker.
Alright Jar, 'how come we always meet in toilets ?
He stared down at me ever the common...
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Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:19 pm
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War of the Worlds: The Art of story telling
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Bullet Magnet » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:30 am
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Story telling is an art form in itself. This brilliantly retold H.G. Wells classic The War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne,
Narrated by Richard Burton, and many true stars make appearances on this...
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So when one looks at the metaphors of this story it all makes sense. Perhaps... :cg
Mars, the bringer of War, The pods left Mars while emitting a green flare,
the lid revealing the war machines...
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Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:25 am
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Martin Scorsese
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newcastle » Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:37 pm
Martin Scorsese is one of the most lauded directors of recent years.
For those who missed it, a fascinating interview given at the British Film Institute :
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Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:37 pm
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Mie Mao
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HEPZIBAH » Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:52 pm
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In a conversation elsewhere and Rossini's cat duet came up. There have been many amazing performances of it, and there is a wide choice of examples to choose from to share. I've chosen this one for...
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Sounds like my moggy :D
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:57 pm
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Al Alhambra Cinema..
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Who2 » Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:31 am
Iv'e had my own cinema for over 25 years now. 'I like films....
Since having a temporary abode in Egypt my cinema has gone through 5 projectors,
endless amounts of VHS machines then DVD machines now...
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:31 am
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New TV adaptation of Douglas Adams novel.
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Dusak » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:29 pm
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I've just watched the first episode of eight of the new Douglas Adams TV adaptation of George Gently and the Holistic detective Agency. If you were a fan of The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy, then...
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Sorry newcaste,
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.I was never one to run with the crowd, but then you all probably guessed that much. :ct
It never crossed my mind ;)
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:17 am
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Tooned in ?
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Who2 » Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:32 pm
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I'm currently tooned into it's Johnny Mac's World Music, he plays toones just for you!
contact him he's lonely..he'll play you a tune a request....
He just played a Pogues song for me.
Shane...
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They still have Who2's interview on the website. He has a good ear for music, :hp for a pensioner.... :cg
Funny how the radio show captures the ambience of Luxor, if you listen carefully.....
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:51 am
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Another Legend Has Died -
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hatusu » Sun Mar 19, 2017 6:44 am
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- Chuck Berry has died aged 90. One of the great musicians of our time. He was such a large part of my childhood and teenage years (and every decade since then), and I doubt that there were many (if...
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The restraint of the Johnny Be Good audience is amazing! How can their feet not be a tappin'?
:lol: Only just noticed that Hepzi, maybe it was being recorded and the audience were told to keep...
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:20 am
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Someone saved my life tonight
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John Landon » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:44 pm
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This has to be one of my favourite Elton John / Bernie Taupin songs ever.
I bought the album Capitan Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy back in 1975, and fell in love with it the first time I...
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Excellent Choices Horus..... :up
My parents were never keen on my musical choices, they always tried to steer me towards classical music, some of which I do enjoy.
BUT, after listening to Goodbye...
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Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:29 pm
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The Club a Farce....
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Who2 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:48 pm
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Tonight we are off sarf o'tu river to view my-self & big nose in The Club, a story of two dickheads..
It's been slightly revised and hopefully funnier, as the last presentation got right up...
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:rs Front row, third from the left. :a37:
Interestingly enough, Dorothy's slippers in the Wizard of Oz were in Baum's original story Silver.
Red was used for the film, because the film makers...
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Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:27 am
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Magic!!
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newcastle » Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:47 pm
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Amazing athleticism & grace....even if you're not into ballet.
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I married a ballerina, her mother was a ballerina they had shops in Royal Tunbridge Wells for ballerinas.
Before that I had a Finnish ballerina girlfriend,
they all end up with arthritis, but prior...
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Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:39 pm
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Today Saturday 1700hrs EGT......
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Who2 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:47 am
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George's Desert Island discs on Johnny Mac's Word Music 1700hrs today all the way from Egypt!
Be there or be square . ........ 8)
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I'm listening now, after a bit of fannying about on that link.. :up
This link takes you straight there..
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Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:04 pm
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She Spoke the Unspeakable - Nawal El Saadawai
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HEPZIBAH » Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:37 pm
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I've only just seen this programme advertised (but I think it will be iplayer afterwards).
BBC1 10-45pm Tues 21st February 2017
She Spoke the Unspeakable
imagine..., Winter 2017
The Egyptian...
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Start perhaps with her 'Woman at Point Zero': Firdaus, a murderess who is
about to be hanged, tells her story to her prison visitor (ie El Sadaawi ....)
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Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:51 pm
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Junior Campbell - Hallelujah Freedom
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John Landon » Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:14 am
This was one of those songs I took an instant liking to back in 1973. One of those songs that sticks in your mind.
I Liked many of Marmalade's songs, and this guy, Junior Campbell was the Glasgow...
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Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:14 am
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Johnny Mac's World Music.....
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Who2 » Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:05 pm
Well in 1 hour I will be tuning into John's world music on www.camglenradio.org 1500hrs GMT.
He apologises for not broadcasting the Egyptian themed show this weekend but assures me it is to-be...
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Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:05 pm
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A great line-up....
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Who2 » Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:49 am
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Anybody spot the lineup list ?..... 8)
Ps: Plus Iv'e been invited to Ronnie Scotts to see John Mayall by his son Gaz next week.
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A Strange Line up indeed..... :tk
Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up drugs.... 8)
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Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:14 am
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