Prunella Scales has died almost exactly a year after her husband Timothy West. This interview from 2023 shows the love they had over their 60 year marriage and how they refused to let her dementia stop them having a lot of fun.
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The new Blitz Club exhibition @designmuseum.bsky.social. All about the birth of the New Romantics.
Week off post Glasto and while cleaning my garage found my first interview with Oasis from Oct 94.
I was an exchange student at @penn in Philadelphia, writing for the student paper @dailypenn’s arts section @34ST
Saw them play a pub that night. Was deaf for a week.
My favourite things to do whilst cooking: set Pretty Random app to 1-500, give it a shake and play which ever album in Rolling Stones’ Top 500 albums comes up. Tonight 497: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto. It is basically Graceland the year before it was out. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Music question: in Miami on holiday. For a huge city is would appear to seriously under-punch on music history.
Best acts from Miami please?
I have ended up listening to (and thoroughly enjoying) KC and The Sunshine Band’s Greatest Hits. 5 US number ones! (But not Give It Up).
Just had my most cringe Dad moment for a long time. Asked my boys why on earth they were talking about 1980s cricketer Mike Gatting. They weren’t. Turns out “My gyatting” is a buzz phrase at their schools. They now know more about Shakoor Rana than they did 5 minutes ago.
6) Oh, and the viewing figures went up for the fourth year in a row. Very impressive, especially when a tiny indie film swept. Sign up Conan O'Brien to do it again now. And if he doesn't want it, John Mulaney.
5) Speaking of next year, I’m expecting to be talking about The Life of Chuck a lot, and can I start the Oscar buzz for Joan Collins to land her first Oscar nomination at the age of 92 for playing Wallis Simpson in The Bitter End.
4) Sean Baker was unlucky not to win 5 Oscars. Next year Casting is introduced and he cast Anora.
3) The Wiz 2, Wicked 1. Unexpected that more songs (Home and Ease On Down The Road) were performed from the 1978 musical film, than from the 2024 box office smash.
2) The only person I saw queue-jump the 15 minute A-list line for photos at Vanity Fair was Jeff Bezos. I’m going to check our rushes to see if I got the moment on film. He snuck in behind Sebastian Stan, who had waited beautifully.
I’m just back from The Oscars: a few thoughts. 1) Every acting prize went to a leading role. Kieran Culkin was actually on screen for a higher percentage of his film (65%), than Adrien Brody (60%).
Was this through the legend that is Phil McGarvey?
Farewell 2024- the year we found out Al Pacino uses a Shrek mobile phone cover.
31 million views on Instagram
13 million views on TikTok
I was interviewing him about his autobiography Sonny Boy and it was turned into a one hour programme. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
A good point, well made. I will get that changed.
This was possibly my favourite moment of the year. I was broadcasting live from Glastonbury, when 5 year old Elske grabbed my microphone as she had an announcement to make.
“Toby Ogden” - I hope you have a fantastic 2025.
Remarkable viewing figures for the Gavin & Stacey finale: 12.3 million.
Five years ago the overnight audience was 11.6 million, growing to a 28 day figure of 18.4 million (with those catching up on iPlayer etc).
Robbie Williams is played by a CGI monkey in his new biopic.
Your best Robbie/ Take That monkey puns please.
I’ll open with:
Ape That and Party
Simian When You’re Winning
Ooh ooh ooh What U Like
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Paul McCartney in Manchester tonight was simply magnificent. To hear that back catalogue being sung with such utter enthusiasm by someone who is 82, was staggering.
I wasn’t expecting my first post on BlueSky to be about Che Adams, but his winner for Torino last night, away to Empoli, is surely Serie A’s goal of the season. Scots are all over that league.
Absolutely fantastic pair of interviews with @joemuggs.bsky.social and @colingpaterson.bsky.social
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Yes I was there reporting. You so should have said hello.
