@robnitm

Author of two London history books - Beautiful Idiots & Brilliant Lunatics, and High Buildings, Low Morals. Another book on its way …

 New York, USA
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I went down a rabbit hole when I first saw this Dave Allen clip of a more famous Yes, Prime Minister gag. Some fascinating trivia in this thread.
Cameron Yarde Jnr@CameronYardeJnr16 Mar 2018
With the news about the upcoming Dave Allen biopic on BBC2, I read about Dave Allen At Large. And in this edition from 1976, he tells a joke that is now most closely associated with Yes Prime Minister. See for yourself! Anybody with any info on this?
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Most TV is just this now.
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Mushroom finds this morning
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A favorite photo of Kate. Hoyningen-Huene doesn't get name-checked on Twitter often enough.
katharine hepburn archive@heparchiveSep 22
katharine hepburn in Vanity Fair’s january 1935 issue, photographed by baron george hoyningen-huene
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Thrilled to see the video I researched, wrote and narrated for @criterion's NOUVELLE VAGUE 4K praised by Richard Linklater in this interview with The Film Stage's @Nick_Newman. "Within the Wave" is a dossier of less-familiar New Wave figures in the film. thefilmstage.com/a-little-co…

A Little Concentrated Thought: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague‘s Criterion Release, Cinephilia...

You would think that any filmmaker—no matter the Oscar nominations, an enviable ability to work with A-list stars and complete unknowns at once, several iconic films to your name, a name that is...

thefilmstage.com
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James Bolam - equipped with comic glasses - is cast in the 1964 ITV Play of the Week production of Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright who is obsessed with West End actor Garry Essendine (Peter Wyngarde). Coward was on hand to advise.
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Peter Wyngarde as self-obsessed actor Garry Essendine in a TV adaptation of Present Laughter, a Noël Coward play. Albert Finney, Peter O'Toole, Ian McKellen, Simon Callow, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & George C. Scott all played the role, but PW - like Coward - was pitch perfect.
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Peter Cook at the Establishment Club, 18 Greek Street in 1962
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A carefree Audrey Hepburn in one of her home movies in 1956.
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Remembering actor Roddy McDowall, BOTD 1928, in Herne Hill, London. He worked with some of the great film directors, including Fritz Lang and Orson Welles, was a major star on Broadway and excelled in so many classic TV series. I remain a big fan of his artistic range.
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Jumble Sale, Chelsea c.1960 - photos by John Bignell
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Lee Miller's Torso being cast by Paul Hamann and assistant, London, 1939 by Roland Penrose. Hall and sideboard, Farleys House, Farleys House & Gallery by Tony Tree.
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The Blue Posts pub on the corner of Berwick and Broadwick Street in 1961, 1975 and 1979
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Trafalgar Square in 1973
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David Hemmings outside Pride and Clarke on the Stockwell Road in 1965. From the film 'Blow-Up'.
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Vauxhall Cross in 1985
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Welcome to mini-skirts but not to mini wages. Amalgamated Union of Engineering & Foundry Workers leaflet from 1968.
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Elsa Lanchester and husband Charles Laughton at their Los Angeles home in 1936.
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Rob Baker retweeted
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I've at last got my old Nickel in the Machine website up and running, and secure too! nickelinthemachine.com
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Cutty Sark, Greenwich Church Street, 1972
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