yes, enjoyed watching this this morning. interesting to see how different people had quite different impressions of him. perhaps that’s normal but it seemed quite heightened. the solitary, the gregarious, gentle, perhaps observant of others’ behaviour to something near a fault (the office store cupboard anecdote). making me want to go back and read him again. wonderful writer.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 18 November 2023 12:08 (six months ago) link
looool. it’s a wonderful phrase, those alternatives/remedies are hilarious.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 18 November 2023 12:09 (six months ago) link
And he tells PR that's where he got the idea for Loving: "I saw the book in a flash." !
― dow, Sunday, 19 November 2023 01:20 (six months ago) link
...and the servant who gave him the idea for Loving remained a regular visitor to the Yorkes’ house in Knightsbridge, long after Green had fallen out of touch with the high society of his youth.
― dow, Sunday, 19 November 2023 01:33 (six months ago) link
"They danced again and again until, as the long night went on they had got into a state of unthinking happiness perhaps".
― How old Cary Grant? (Tom D.), Friday, 24 November 2023 13:35 (six months ago) link