@puroandson

The odd ting is that the actual star – Billy Bob Thornton – cold bloodedly murdred people who annoyed him, and yet he was very funny too. Explain that?

We mostly watched because both of us have a soft spot for Martin Freeman and were interested to see how he handled being a nasty piece of work for a change. He handled it very well,…[Read more]

@ichabod

Still watching, actually, 5th episode today, I think.  I’m not expecting any singing and dancing, but the story is, as Dentist says, very good and very well done.

Then, as recommended, I’ll watch some DW, and start smiling again.

I can understand that.  Although it was brutal, we couldn’t stop watching FARGO (Martin Freeman.) Whether…[Read more]

*scrartches head*

Missy

Wouldn’t  you know! JD is the only Aussie writer -so far- that I actually enjoy listening to.

Missy

@janetteb  Far from the Madding Crowd, is probably the most cheerful of his writing I agree, but the rest?

We didn’t cover Hardy at school, I discovered him afterwards.

He was undoubtedky a good writer, but much too dour for me.

Dickens also wrote about ordinary people and so realistically, that it was as if one was actually there. I didn’t f…[Read more]

@thebaddoctor

Sorry, I cannot help you there. Perhaps another member can.

Has anyone read books by Joy Dettman?  She is an Australian writer.

Missy

@ichabod

Blimey – you’re right, that is depressing – and yet you kept watching?

I’ve heard most of Hardy’s work and all of it is depressing. Not just my opinion either. It’s a shame, because he could

tell a good tale.

Missy

@janetteb

I hope to see this soon. Didn’t you find Thomas Hardy depressing? Jude the Obscure was anything but enjoyable.

Missy

@missrori

In Doctor Who, everything and anything makes sense. That’s the beauty of it.

Missy

@mersey

How unusual. It looks very complicated.

There is a good story about Walsingham, Elizabeth 1st’s Spy Master, on BBC four Extra.

Missy

My apologies if I  upset anyone by the above post.  I was angry, and one should never answer anything when angry.

Although I feel and meant everything I said, perhaps I could have expressed myself  better.

This is a fun forum, all about a programme we all love. there shouldn’t be any animosity.

Missy

Has anyone seen The Living and the Dead?  We have heard conflicting opinions about it.

Missy

Nope, no rest will be given, not when I am trying to make a  reasonable comment.

Agree with me or not. If anyone can see the sense in paying good money to go and see your idols sing, then scream all the way though the experience – either they are strange or I am. This has been going on for decades and, no doubt, will continue, but, surely I’m a…[Read more]

@missrori and  @bluesqueakpip  Thank you both.

Very interesting posts. I haven’t an opinion one way or t’other (for once *chuckle*) simply enjoyed reading them.

Certainly food for thought.

Missy

@stitchintime

If you request on line, you can keep track of them in your personal details. Or should be able to.

Missy

Never been to a rock concert. Although I did go to see the Beatles perform, but all I could hear were stupid females screaming. which spoiled the whole experience.

I shall never understand why certain members of my sex “scream.” The Doctor would probably call them ‘pudding brains.”

Missy

So is YouTube @mersey

On there you can have everything. Plays, stories, and classical music.

we listened to Bach’s Tocatta and Fugue in D  minor the other week, superb.

I’m a regular listener. Also, have you tried requesting books from your library? Audio books I mean.

The lists seem to be infinite.

Btw, what is a gobelin?

Missy

@pedant

What? *scratches head*

Missy

@bluesqueakpip

Good advice and pretty much the case with my OH (other half). he has trouble hearing the microwave, and cant hear the phone if he’s taken his hearing aid out. I can hear all of them.

It’s a good point, were it not for the fact that I and he, have no trouble at all with some American actresses, and none at all with British…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Perish the thought! *grins*

@stitchintime.

True, dialects can make things difficult, but we have  no trouble understanding American male actors, only some of the females. Very odd.

Missy