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*iz impressed*
Mar. 7th, 2010 03:08 pmWell. The American accent is pretty good. And it's an "accented" accent, if that makes sense, which is even more difficult to do.
Hm.
Talented git.
Hm.
Talented git.
So long, Skippy!
Jan. 11th, 2009 08:42 pmTop UK impressionist, Rory Bremner assesses the rhetoric of George W Bush.
It's up on the BBC iPlayer for another six days - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ghmdp.
It's up on the BBC iPlayer for another six days - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ghmdp.
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Mar. 14th, 2008 01:36 pmI meant to post about this yesterday but didn't get around to it - and then I saw ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kathyh's post and it reminded me.
I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett's books - I can't quote from them verbatim (well, not much!) but Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes et al have entertained me for years and I'm always waiting desperately for the next book to come out and then 'hoarding' it because I know I'll have to wait a year for the next one.
So I was very upset to hear that he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
I know it's a truly terrible illness whoever is afflicted - but when I consider exactly what has come from that wonderful mind of his - well, it just seems even worse.
On the Today programme yesterday morning, he talked a little about his condition and also pointed out that Alzheimer's doesn't have the profile or the funding that some other illnesses do - and went on to say that people with cancer are often described as "battling" it, and people who do recover are called "survivors", and how that sort of language conveys some kind of heroic image - and he was obviously not having a go at anyone with cancer, but just drawing those comparisons as to descriptions and terminology, which are valid ones.
He's donated just under half a million pounds to an Alzheimer's reseatch and I discovered today viakathyh's LJ that fans of his are undertaking to try to match that donation.
I don't think there's anything "organised" as such - or not yet, but below is a link to the Alzheimer's Research Society, and anyone who wants to make a donation can just click on the "donate" button there. There's a box where you can add a comment, so it might be nice to say that the donation comes from a Pratchett fan.
Link to: http://www.alzheimers-research.org.uk/
(thanks togillo)
Sky One is broadcasting an adaptation of The Colour of Magic (the first of the Discworld books) over Easter. I have no idea what it'll be like, but hey, David Jason's in it, so it's got to be worth a look, right?
kathyh's post and it reminded me.I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett's books - I can't quote from them verbatim (well, not much!) but Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes et al have entertained me for years and I'm always waiting desperately for the next book to come out and then 'hoarding' it because I know I'll have to wait a year for the next one.
So I was very upset to hear that he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
I know it's a truly terrible illness whoever is afflicted - but when I consider exactly what has come from that wonderful mind of his - well, it just seems even worse.
On the Today programme yesterday morning, he talked a little about his condition and also pointed out that Alzheimer's doesn't have the profile or the funding that some other illnesses do - and went on to say that people with cancer are often described as "battling" it, and people who do recover are called "survivors", and how that sort of language conveys some kind of heroic image - and he was obviously not having a go at anyone with cancer, but just drawing those comparisons as to descriptions and terminology, which are valid ones.
He's donated just under half a million pounds to an Alzheimer's reseatch and I discovered today via
kathyh's LJ that fans of his are undertaking to try to match that donation.I don't think there's anything "organised" as such - or not yet, but below is a link to the Alzheimer's Research Society, and anyone who wants to make a donation can just click on the "donate" button there. There's a box where you can add a comment, so it might be nice to say that the donation comes from a Pratchett fan.
Link to: http://www.alzheimers-research.org.uk/
(thanks to
gillo)Sky One is broadcasting an adaptation of The Colour of Magic (the first of the Discworld books) over Easter. I have no idea what it'll be like, but hey, David Jason's in it, so it's got to be worth a look, right?
NOT... the news
Oct. 8th, 2007 07:11 pmYou know, it occurred to me this morning as I arrived at school, that I'd spent about half an hour - 7-7.30 ish) listening to a news programme (Today on Radio 4) in which the 'news' was about things that hadn't happened.
Huh? Does that actually count as 'news'?
Brown NOT calling the election.
Louis Hamilton NOT winning the Formula 1 championship.
Alan Yentob NOT having mis-leadingly edited interviews. (And seriously, wtf?)
I wasn't naive enough to think that, having made his decision about the election, the news media would let it go, but really, I'm sick to the back teeth of it. I'm not Gordon Brown's biggest fan, but the poor sod was buggered if he did, buggered if he didn't. So whereas for the past couple of weeks, we've been up to our necks in "is he going to call an early election and when?", now, it's going to be weeks of "nyaaaa nyaaaa, Brown's a cissy". And that would be truly disturbing coming from John Humprhreys, let me tell you.
Is there anything actually going on in the world besides rugby, cricket and the (yawn!) Diana inquest (something else about which I couldn't give a toss)?
Huh? Does that actually count as 'news'?
Brown NOT calling the election.
Louis Hamilton NOT winning the Formula 1 championship.
Alan Yentob NOT having mis-leadingly edited interviews. (And seriously, wtf?)
I wasn't naive enough to think that, having made his decision about the election, the news media would let it go, but really, I'm sick to the back teeth of it. I'm not Gordon Brown's biggest fan, but the poor sod was buggered if he did, buggered if he didn't. So whereas for the past couple of weeks, we've been up to our necks in "is he going to call an early election and when?", now, it's going to be weeks of "nyaaaa nyaaaa, Brown's a cissy". And that would be truly disturbing coming from John Humprhreys, let me tell you.
Is there anything actually going on in the world besides rugby, cricket and the (yawn!) Diana inquest (something else about which I couldn't give a toss)?
Interesting listening...
Mar. 20th, 2007 02:47 pmI was fascinated by this feature on the Today Programme this morning. (It needs RealPlayer to play - otherwise go to the radio 4 website - www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today).
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