George C Scott in ‘The Hospital’.
One of the greatest performances I have ever watched.
Astonishing.

My older brother, a happily married father of two, refers to him as ‘Lovely Matt’, he has a crush on him during his time as Celtic’s best player.

Fuck that into your hat.

It’s an extraordinary feat of composure and eloquence.
Heartbreaking.

This is a magnificent book.
A non-fiction companion to Andrew O’Hagens ‘Caledonian Road’. London in the 21st Century has become the place Harold Shand dreamt of in ‘The Long Good Friday’; although the criminals abroad in London now make Harold Shand look benign.

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

From one cancer patient to another, it’s our ever present anxiety.
Wishing you all the very best and a great outcome.
I never thought ‘No Evidence of Disease’ would sound so cheering.

Hal Holbrook gives one of the great supporting performances of the 1970’s.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight…

Dolly Parton might be the greatest person in America.

Christ The Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro is genuinely breathtaking and awe inspiring.
One of the great days of my life started there and finished in the Maracana.
Perhaps the greatest city I have visited.

Hal Holbrook should have won for the same picture.
Ned Beatty is in ‘Network’ for less than ten minutes and I think he should have won the award for that performance.

A brilliant screenplay, superb supporting performances, memorable setpieces, Francis Monkman’s score, Phil Meheaux’s camera work.
Genuinely great.

I’m watching it now.
I watch it every Good Friday.
I loved Bob Hoskins, he was superb.

Watching ‘The Pitt’.
The performances by the guest stars playing small roles are exceptional.
It is brilliantly made.

Theater of the gods

Theater of the gods

I do not own a cat. This is not my cat. However, I have never been this relaxed in my own home.

Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23.

She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24.

Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method."

It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.

Four years ago to the day I had the 25th and final dose of radiotherapy.
If you are going through it, don’t despair; if you are about to undergo it, take each day on its own terms; if, like me, it helped save your life then enjoy every moment.

I’ve been struggling with my reading this year. Haven’t been able to really get engaged by anything other than the new novel by James Lee Burke. However, this arrived this afternoon and I’m already 137 pages in. It is superb, as is ever novel in the Duffy series.

Good man your Dad.

This is not my cat. But she comes to my house. I asked her to help with breakfast.
This was her response.

I met Lou Reed once and despite his reputation he was very pleasant. He told me to enjoy my day which I thought was pretty nice.
Had a drink with Anthony Bourdain at the bar of his restaurant, Les Halles, he seemed a good guy.

Tinderbox: The Bell launches a new map of Glasgow's many fires The propensity for so many buildings to catch fire has stoked conspiracy theories galore. Is there anything to them?

Why are there SO many fires destroying historical buildings in Glasgow? Tonight’s tragedy is just the latest.

@glasgowbell.bsky.social mapped them. ‘With every conflagration there are whispers that there’s slightly more to things than meets the eye’.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/tinderbox-fi...

holy shit

Iguazu.

‘Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona.’
Friends took me as a treat.
At a cinema in Connecticut about half an hour drive from their home. Couldn’t leave because: 1. It would be rude, I was their guest. 2. There was no way to get back home. I absolutely loathed all of it, except Penelope Cruz’s performance.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Have a look at some owls

She is the best presenter on the BBC Sport.
Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Snooker, anything else they throw at her.
She makes something exceptionally difficult look easy.