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Tag Archives: Roald Dahl
That was the writer that was: Addiscombe girl called the tunes
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A 20th Century star of musical theatre from Croydon was Caryl Brahms. DAVID MORGAN highlights the life and career of this now too often forgotten and overlooked writer Fairfield Halls has hosted an incredible variety of shows over … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, David Morgan, History, Music, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged Addiscombe, BBC, Bernard Levin, Caryl Brahms, David Morgan, David Nobbs, Dennis Potter, Doris Caroline Abrahams, Frank Muir, John Cleese, Keith Waterhouse, Kenneth Tynan, Ned Sherrin, Peter Cook, Richard Ingrams, Roald Dahl, Shakespeare in Love, SJ Simon, That Was The Week That Was, Too Dirty For The Windmill
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Norwood to Hollywood: Oscar-winner who dressed the stars
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A career spanning 40 years in the movies, including two Academy Awards and a BAFTA for her work, marks out this Croydon costume artist as an all-time great, as DAVID MORGAN explains The next time the sword and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged A Man For All Seasons, Academy Awards, BAFTA, Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, David Morgan, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Haffenden, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Zinneman, Gainsborough Studios, Gregory Peck, Hollywood, Ian Flemming, James Bond, Margaret Lockwood, Oscars, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Roald Dahl, Robert Bolt, Robert Mitchum, Robert Shaw, Upper Norwood
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Before you next vote, you must read this from The New Yorker
By STEVEN DOWNES If you live in an old country, it can be easy to succumb to a narrative of decline. The state withers. The charlatans take over. You give up on progress, to some extent, and simply pray that … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Inside Croydon
Tagged Alice Munro, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber, JD Salinger, John Updike, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Philip Roth, Rishi Sunak, Roald Dahl, Sam Knight, Stephen King, The New Yorker, Tory, Truman Capote
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Roald Dahl: From pilot and spy to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach… generations of children and adults have been delighted by Roald Dahl’s books. Today is Roald Dahl Day, and here Dahl fan and former primary school teacher LAURA STEELE, … Continue reading
