Marlon Brando as Napoleon. It was strange, as a child, to be living in an Irish community in Birmingham; all our parents' friends were ...

For those who don't know or didn't read my post lately The Greatest Actor In the World I discussed who was the best actor in the wo...

Dave (the rave) Cameron. Now I have very little time for David Cameron; I think I've intimated this in previous posts. In fact I am way...

Mark Rylance. Who is the greatest actor in the world? Is that him above? What would qualify anybody to be the greatest actor in the world? N...

I remember, years ago, when we had quite a few cats – I've always loved cats – I would put a newspaper at the bottom of the kitty litte...

Carneys on Sunset Blvd Pinks on La Brea. I was walking around Ealing the other day and I fancied a hot dog. Do you think I could find one? O...

Being back in Britain I often think back to the time I first went to America – that was in August 1994 and I settled there in January 1995; ...

There we have 2 images above and left; bearing in mind what follows, what is the connection between the 2 of them. Answers in the 'comme...

The Movember Campaign. This is the time of year when you see an extraordinary amount of men sporting moustaches – that's if their wives ...

A typical Craftsman's House in the USA. It's a funny time for us at the moment as we are about to embark on another adventure by mo...

Remember, remember the fifth of November; gunpowder, treason and plot . Those are the words that we would hear when we were children and the...

Plump and juicy Cumberland Sausages. Here in Britain the date today is 1-11-11; in America, of course it's 11-1-11 but in either case i...

Doris Day!! One of the movies stars of my youth; I liked a lot of the films she was in especially the ones with Rock Hudson and James Garne...

Clint Eastwood (all 6'2" of him according to the IMDb) Well what about that aye? The almighty IMDB is being sued for being amateur...