Morning.
I promised to do a few updates, Fat Vinni, Miserable Trev & a few others asked, but to be honest, very little of note has gone off.
Having said that, I’m a huge fan of Diaries (in the book form) especially the ones that are filled with fine detail & minutiae & some of my favourite books lifetime have been that sort of thing.
The Alan Clark Diaries were perhaps the best. Political Diaries really, detailing his time as an MP & various ministerial roles. His detail was incredible, right down to his daily bowel movements & texture. (I’ll not go quite that far…). Don’t get me wrong, he was a horrible man – a racist & Nazi sympathiser & a full on womaniser despite having the most wonderful wife. He was so posh he lived in a castle in Kent (Saltwood), & when he was short of a few bob he’d sell family heirlooms for a few milly apiece. His wealth, of course, was inherited from his father, Lord Clark the historian. Karma got him in the end though, & he died an agonisingly slow & humiliating death, (cancer of the brain or somesuch) when this once proud & independent man was forced to rely on his wife for literally every basic need. Absolutely the worst sort of politician, completely self-serving. Fascinating man though, in a sort of Trump-ian way. The end of Alan Clark's final diary was written by his wife & it was tremendously emosh for all that he was a bastard.
At the very opposite end of the spectrum were the Tony Benn Diaries, again full of the minutiae of daily life. At the time my politics could not have been further removed from his, but he was one of the last great politicians, in that he was there to serve others, not to self-promote for gain. A wonderful man & a great read.
The Alan Bennett Diaries were fabulous too, though in a very different way.
I took 4 books to Vegas with me, including the Alan Rickman Diaries. TBH, I’d never heard of him and had no idea who he is or what he does, but a sample speed-read of a few weeks in his life looks very promising. (PS - Actually, he no longer does anything, as I now gather he passed away in 2016....)
Anyway, all that is my way of an excuse for the waffle that follows, as nothing interesting has happened. It was interesting to me though, as I'm in that sort of reflective phase of life.
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Alan Rickman is/was my favourite actor.
I was emotional when he passed, he was so unique and his voice......never forgotten.
On RHPOT he adlibbed beautifully and rumors were that Kevin Costner said he would never be in the same film as him ever again. He based his Sherriff of Nottingham outfit - totally ott studded leather on Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy.
Candles were lit and a shrine made by youngsters at platform number 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station made famous by Harry Potter when they heard about his passing.
Ahh so many things I read, looked up about him I could ramble on but I could post spoilers so enough!
His Wiki is good read too
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