Festive greetings

Enjoy!

Timeless stills

The Christopher Dresser exhibition which And was heavily involved in has apparently moved to Ghent in Belgium. You may remember that And produced a film to accompany the exhibition which ran at Hereford Museum in the summer as well as a preface to a book on the great man.

Here is a still from And’s production starring our very own Nige, superbly cast as Victorian man, the First Earl of Breinton.

Of course, it’s also a decent excuse to dig up some further stills from And’s film archives of a younger Nige in his jousting days.

And the movie mogul himself on location, with his good lady wife Caroline in support.

I love these nostalgic pix so over the holiday period I will be showing a few more, including a none-too-flattering snap of me which has become known as the startled panda pic (circa 1982 I think Matt said).

PS: Hope you enjoy this quote I found from the weekend:
Richard Keys: “Well, Harry, do you think that you’ll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league?
Harry Redknapp: “You have to finish above everyone to win the league, Richard.”

‘Ere, I want a word with you

OK, need your help here with a few suggestions. I’m struggling with a pasage in my book where there’s a discussion about favourite words, what they mean and how they change. I’ll weave in a few of your favourites to the chapter.

My current chart-topper is wobble – it’s a delightful word, ideally suited to the job – closely followed by florin and falafel. Dwr, the Welsh word for water, is another goodun.

Any thoughts? (Don’t necessarily have to be English – Irish, Danish or Antipodean would equally suffice). Suffice! Another corker.