The wonderful #AlanBennett interviewed succinctly by #JimNaughtie on #BBCRadio4 #Today. A delight as is his latest volume of diary entries. Also tribute to the consummate broadcaster, #DameJenniMurray who has died, much too early, aged 75. We shared our names, Jennifer Susan.

Wonderful interview with #alanbennett on #today just now
Such a fine man ….

Print portrait of scientist Florence Bell who, working in the lab of William Astbury at Leeds in 1938, first showed that X-rays could be used to reveal the regular, ordered structure of DNA. The print is a mosaic made up of tiny images from scientific papers and was made by artist and staff member Kristina Keller at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the USA where the original (based on a photo kindly provided by Mr Chris Sawyer) hangs outside the cafe on the Janelia campus.

A big thanks to manager Chris of The Golden Beam @wetherspoonspub.bsky.social in Headingley, Leeds for taking up my suggestion to hang portrait of DNA scientist Florence Bell alongside other distinguished former residents such as #JRRTolkien, #AlanBennett, as well as fair few cricketing legends...

‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year He got stuck in the bath and met the queen. But despite a few wobbles and procedures, the author still can’t believe his age

‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

#alanbennett
#playwright
#theatre

Alan Bennett at 90: ‘What will people think? I don’t care any more’ In his 10th decade The History Boys writer is as prolific as ever with a war film in the works and a new sex-fuelled novella set in a home for the elderly. He talks about mourning Maggie Smith, turnin...

#AlanBennett on death makes me think of #JonathanSwift Verses on the Death of Dr
Swift It’s extremely funny.

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

For our February online book club title, we'll be reading / listening to Killing Time by #AlanBennett 🎉

Join our Facebook group to join in the fun www.facebook.com/groups/cornw.... All you need is your #library card number and you can borrow for free straight to your phone or tablet with #BorrowBox

The Choral Review - Sarah G. Vincent Views Sarah G. Vincent Views' hot take on The Choral

New review: The Choral
#TheChoral #RalphFiennes #TaylorUttley #OliverBriscombe #AmaraOkereke #AlunArmstrong #MarkAddy #RogerAllam #EmilyFairn #ShaunThomas #JacobDudman #TiaJordanRadixCallixte #HugoBrady #DonaldStephenson #NicholasHytner #AlanBennett #WWI
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On Tues, 1/13/26, went to #TheChoral screening. #RalphFiennes #TaylorUttley #OliverBriscombe #AmaraOkereke #AlunArmstrong #MarkAddy #RogerAllam #EmilyFairn #ShaunThomas #JacobDudman #TiaJordanRadixCallixte #HugoBrady #DonaldStephenson #RonCook #NicholasHytner #AlanBennett #WWI

The Choral - Loose Lips From an original script by Alan Bennett, ‘The Choral’ is a statement on both the futility of war and the healing power of art.

From an original script by Alan Bennett, ‘The Choral’ is a statement on both the futility of war and the healing power of art.

#TheChoral #RalphFiennes #AlanBennett

Read our review: loose-lips.com/index.php/20...

#Ciné26 -2

📽️ Nicholas Hytner (2025)

Le monde est borné.
L’Angleterre et ses contradictions singulières donne sa patine au long-métrage saupoudré d’un humour typiquement « croix de St Georges ».
Personnages incarnés et thèmes pluriels.
🎼 #GeorgeFenton
📸 #MikeEley ✍️ #AlanBennett

Love it when you discover a hitherto unknown about *book's due for release
#AlanBennett has his 4th collection of diaries and prose out next March.
Only discovered after watching #TheChoral a couple of days ago. Thankfully,there's no stopping this nonagenarian

(*ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪʟᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ,ᴛᴏᴏ)

The final film of the triple bill was #TheChoral
Dug Fiennes' beard, but moreover that it was an #AlanBennett original screenplay (huge fan of his work)
Beautiful, moving and Saltaire & Yorks. look incredible.

Not watched any terrestrial TV over the festive period: let's face it, it was pants!

Ralph Fiennes plays a choirmaster helping a choral society in Yorkshire master the music of Elgar in Nicholas Hytner's Alan Bennett scripted movie The Choral.

Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey star in Marc Evans' Mr Burton - a movie about the mentor to the Welsh screen icon Richard Burton.

Amara Okereke and Robert Emms rehearse Elgar in the World War One era tale The Choral.

Lesley Manville leads a solid supporting cast in Mr Burton - a movie about the fledgling years of Richard Burton.

ART AND HEAD: Two #movies about #creativity and the people who bring the best out of performers fall under the Pomona microscope. We review #NicholasHytner's #AlanBennett scripted #TheChoral with #RalphFiennes and #MarcEvans' #MrBurton with #TobyJones.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/11/art-...

"How do I define history? It's just one f**kin' thing after another."

📚 #OTD in #Film #History 21 Nov 2006, #NicholasHyner's "The History Boys," adapted by #AlanBennett from his own play, starring #RichardGriffiths, #FrancesDeLaTour, and #StephenCampbellMoore, hit 🇺🇸

The Choral — FILM REVIEW Alan Bennett returns with his eighth screenplay, a touching, funny, compassionate and surprising period drama set in his native Yorkshire.

Alan Bennett returns with his eighth screenplay, a touching, funny, compassionate and surprising period drama set in his native Yorkshire. Read the review: www.filmreviewdaily.com/new-reviews/... #TheChoral #AlanBennett #RalphFiennes #FilmReview

#AlanBennett written and #NicolasHytner directed historical comedy drama #TheChoral - starring #RalphFiennes, #RogerAllam, #MarkAddy, #AlunArmstrong, #RobertEmms and #SimonRussellBeale - is first of three today and at @cineworld.bsky.social

Film review: The Choral Simon Walsh reviews Alan Bennett’s First World War tale

🎥 Simon Walsh reviews Alan Bennett’s First World War tale, The Choral, starring #RalphFiennes 🎬 #filmreview #alanbennett

Watched #TheChoral - another wonderful film written by #AlanBennett and starring the great #RalphFiennes - well worth going to see 🎬👏🏽🎬
#cineworld
#cineworldunlimited

🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 27 Oct 1962, the #comedy revue "Beyond The Fringe", starring #AlanBennett, #PeterCook, #DudleyMoore, and #JonathanMiller opened at John Golden Theater, New York. Continuing the revue's UK success, it ran for 667 shows.

BBC Two - Talking Heads, Series 1, A Lady of Letters Irene Ruddock lives alone and is a one-woman Neighbourhood Watch scheme.

9:15pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

From 1988, s1 Ep 2 of #Drama #Monologue series📺 #TalkingHeads - "A Lady of Letters" directed by #GilesFoster & written by #AlanBennett

🌟 Patricia Routledge

Savage Delinquents by Alan Bennett (MacFadden 60-360, 1968). #savagedelinquents #alanbennett #1960s #book #books #paperback #cover #macfaddenbook #macfaddenbooks #juveniledelinquents

What a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon

#AlanBennett
#PatriciaRoutledge
#classictv
#vintagetv

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Patricia Routledge’s Legacy: Tribute By Royal Commentator Patricia Routledge, the brilliant actress best known as the hilariously pretentious Hyacinth Bucket, or “Bouquet,” as she insisted, passed away at the age of 96. Many tributes arrived, and so did one from a well-known royal commentator. A Tribute To Patricia  After the news broke, royal commentator Neil Sean spoke about Dame Patricia  on his […] The post Patricia Routledge’s Legacy: Tribute By Royal Commentator appeared first on Soap Opera Spy.

Patricia Routledge’s Legacy: Tribute By Royal Commentator #CelebrityNews #RIP #AlanBennett

A national treasure.
I always associate her with #AlanBennett
(Never watched Keeping Up Appearances. )
#PatriciaRoutledge

Dame Patricia Routledge obituary: The life of TV's magnificently snobby 'Hyacinth Bucket' A much-loved actress who became famous in the role of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances.

Never watched #KeepingUpAppearances
Will always associate the great woman with another national treasure: #AlanBennett

BBC News - Dame #PatriciaRoutledge : The life of TV's magnificently snobby 'Hyacinth Bucket'
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Watched #TheHistoryBoys last night. Hard to believe I hadn't watched it before. By #AlanBennett adapted from the lauded stage play, it was a very enjoyable romp.

People by Alan Bennett opens Tuesday.

When some of your stock of tech. cables makes it on stage to be used as a prop., one can't help but feel a tad smug.
"People" by #AlanBennett opens Tuesday.
www.thameplayers.co.uk/events/people
#LiveDrama #onstage in #Thame

Brilliant writing; brilliant acting

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#ThoraHird #AlanBennett

New trailer drops for Alan Bennett film The Choral starring Ralph Fiennes, directed by Nicholas Hytner | West End Theatre Sony Pictures Classics has released the first trailer for major new movie The Choral, written by Alan Bennett.

New trailer drops for Alan Bennett film The Choral

www.westendtheatre.com/306172/news/...

Sony Pictures Classics has released the first trailer for major new movie #TheChoral, written by #AlanBennett, directed by #NicholasHytner, and starring #RalphFiennes

Released 7 November