Fun show today which was recorded on Saturday whilst having a leaisurely coffee on the sun roof of the Atlantic Hotel, on a glorious sunny morning.
I thought I would have a 'harem' of ladies but only ended up with two and a Sultan!
Babs Simpson, Di Peat and Neil Middleton were the unsuspecting guests this week.
I posed the question 'What is your favourite book on your bookshelf and why?
We had Rose Tremain 'The Colour'
Diana Gabaldon 'Cross Stitch'
Neville Shute 'Town Like Alice'
JRR Tolkien 'The Ring'
Daphne Du Maurier
Susan HIll 'The Woman in Black' elequently reviewed by Neil.
Wind in the Willows (given to him by his beloved Gran)
The Shack by Paul Young.
Plus we talked about the audio version of the Karma Sutra! What would happen if the tape stuck in a delicate spot or you fast forwarded by mistake...!
Trivia: September and back to school ….did you know that: while marking exam papers one day in September a teacher named J R R Tolkien scribbled down, "In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit." - the first line of what was to become one of the most popular books of all time.
Fun thought:
If you think nobody cares whether you're alive or dead, try missing a couple of mortgage payments!
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Monday, 6 September 2010
Saturday, 19 December 2009
show 17th dec 09
First of a christmas special. this week we had six guests (Maggie Perkovic, Corinna Christopher, Brian Lowen, Malcolm Martland, Ro Bennett & Babs Simpson)in the studio and looked back over the centurys fiction & non-fiction bestsellers in decades, so we had 1909. 1919, 1929 etc.right up until 2009. This was also interspersed with a sprinkling of christmas jokes.
A quick taste of the fiction books that were around, remember any?:
1909: The Trail of the Lonsesome Pine by John Fox Jnr. (well most of us know the song)
1919: The Four Horsement of the Apocalypse by V Blasco Ibanez
1929: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ( recognised non-fiction was 'Believe it or Not' by Robert L Ripley)
1939: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck & Rebeccas by Daphne Du Maurier (recognised non-fiction was Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler)
1949: Pride's Castle by Frank Yerby (couple of us had read his books), interestingly there were 3 non-fiction all about Canasta!
1959: Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, Hawaii by James Michener (very good author) & Lady Cahtterley's Lover by DH Lawrence. (Maggie had to swoon over the non-fiction Twixt Twelve and Twenty by Pat Boone).
1969: The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Inheritors Harold Robbins (NF: the Galloping Gourmet, Graham Kerr).
1979: We are getting into Robert Ludlum, Arthur Hailey, Stephen Kind, John Le Carre (NF: Steve Martin, Henry Kissinger, Lauren Bacall)
1989: Ken Follett (Pillars of the Earth), Danielle Steel, Tom Clancy, Salman Rushdie,
(NF The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan)
1999: John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Maeve Binchy, (NF Guinness World Records)
A quick taste of the fiction books that were around, remember any?:
1909: The Trail of the Lonsesome Pine by John Fox Jnr. (well most of us know the song)
1919: The Four Horsement of the Apocalypse by V Blasco Ibanez
1929: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ( recognised non-fiction was 'Believe it or Not' by Robert L Ripley)
1939: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck & Rebeccas by Daphne Du Maurier (recognised non-fiction was Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler)
1949: Pride's Castle by Frank Yerby (couple of us had read his books), interestingly there were 3 non-fiction all about Canasta!
1959: Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, Hawaii by James Michener (very good author) & Lady Cahtterley's Lover by DH Lawrence. (Maggie had to swoon over the non-fiction Twixt Twelve and Twenty by Pat Boone).
1969: The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Inheritors Harold Robbins (NF: the Galloping Gourmet, Graham Kerr).
1979: We are getting into Robert Ludlum, Arthur Hailey, Stephen Kind, John Le Carre (NF: Steve Martin, Henry Kissinger, Lauren Bacall)
1989: Ken Follett (Pillars of the Earth), Danielle Steel, Tom Clancy, Salman Rushdie,
(NF The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan)
1999: John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Maeve Binchy, (NF Guinness World Records)
Friday, 13 February 2009
12th Feb 09 show
On the show this week were Lesley Jones & Tod Stevens. As its just before Valentines Day then love/romance is the theme of the show. Tod will be reading a couple of his poems, Lesley will be talking about her favourite romance book.
I will always remember 'Gone with the Wind' because my mum was so in love with Clark Gable & remember those immortal lines when Scarlett O'Hara said she had made a mistake & really loved Rhett Butler: 'Frankly my dear I don't give a damn!' The final scene between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca has been named the 'Most Romantic Moment' in cinema nationwide.
Lesley's favourite book was Frenchmans Creek, a Daphne Du Maurier classic about a young lady falling in love with a sophisticated pirate.
Voted most romantic TV ad of all time:
1. Nescafe 'Gold Blend' 1980’s remember Susan Maughn & Anthony Head they started off as flat neighbours borrowing coffee; it ended in a kiss
Some historic love matches:
Prince Rainier & Grace Kelly (stuff of fairy tales – the then wealthiest bachelor in the world met Grace Kelly when she was at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955)
Tod's favourite is Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson.
Also, I had an email from someone who listens to the show & is writing a romantic novel. yet to be published:
Lin Treadgold lives in The Netherlands, originally from the North East of England; she retired as a trainer of driving instructors. She and her husband Chris, moved to Holland for his work in steel research in 2001. Having retired early for her move to Holland, she was now able to fulfil her ambition to become a writer. Lin has had a few magazine articles published, connected with her profession. Her very first was with the “Scillionian Magazine” in the early 1980’s. Lin is a world traveller and she has visited the Isles of Scilly on many occasions since 1969. If you wish to join an on line forum for writers go to www.mywriterscircle.com Lin emailed me after watching& listening to the show via her PC.
I will always remember 'Gone with the Wind' because my mum was so in love with Clark Gable & remember those immortal lines when Scarlett O'Hara said she had made a mistake & really loved Rhett Butler: 'Frankly my dear I don't give a damn!' The final scene between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca has been named the 'Most Romantic Moment' in cinema nationwide.
Lesley's favourite book was Frenchmans Creek, a Daphne Du Maurier classic about a young lady falling in love with a sophisticated pirate.
Voted most romantic TV ad of all time:
1. Nescafe 'Gold Blend' 1980’s remember Susan Maughn & Anthony Head they started off as flat neighbours borrowing coffee; it ended in a kiss
Some historic love matches:
Prince Rainier & Grace Kelly (stuff of fairy tales – the then wealthiest bachelor in the world met Grace Kelly when she was at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955)
Tod's favourite is Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson.
Also, I had an email from someone who listens to the show & is writing a romantic novel. yet to be published:
Lin Treadgold lives in The Netherlands, originally from the North East of England; she retired as a trainer of driving instructors. She and her husband Chris, moved to Holland for his work in steel research in 2001. Having retired early for her move to Holland, she was now able to fulfil her ambition to become a writer. Lin has had a few magazine articles published, connected with her profession. Her very first was with the “Scillionian Magazine” in the early 1980’s. Lin is a world traveller and she has visited the Isles of Scilly on many occasions since 1969. If you wish to join an on line forum for writers go to www.mywriterscircle.com Lin emailed me after watching& listening to the show via her PC.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Daphne Du Maurier - Happy Christmas
Review by showhost december 2008
My copy of this book was published in 1952 by Todd Publishing.
Its 24 pages long and I read it in 20 mins. Its about the Lawrence family who lived in a large house just outside town. Mr Lawrence made a lot of money. Mrs Lawrence had a lovely figure, long fingernails and played bridge most afternoons. Bob Lawrence was 10, he was fond of trains and his father had got some men to fix up a miniature railway in the garden. Marigold Lawrence was 7, she had 15 dolls but kept breaking them. Life was comfortable and pleasant much like the other families around them.
It was Christmas Eve and just before the childrens bedtime when a phone call disrupted Mrs Lawrence. The refugee officer for the district had taken them up on their offer to take in a couple of refugees for the night.
Mr Lawrence was appalled. They only put their name down because all their neighbours had and nobody seriously thought the town would actually get swamped with refugees. 'At least they can go in the room over the garage, they don't have to share our house, we won't let it spoil our Christmas'
The refugees were Jewish and were very grateful for the sparse room.
The next morning, Christmas Day, they had gone and had been seen by the maid getting into a taxi cradling a little baby, heading for the hospital.
Its a modern day 'Christmas Story' and it was an unexpected 'find'.
My copy of this book was published in 1952 by Todd Publishing.
Its 24 pages long and I read it in 20 mins. Its about the Lawrence family who lived in a large house just outside town. Mr Lawrence made a lot of money. Mrs Lawrence had a lovely figure, long fingernails and played bridge most afternoons. Bob Lawrence was 10, he was fond of trains and his father had got some men to fix up a miniature railway in the garden. Marigold Lawrence was 7, she had 15 dolls but kept breaking them. Life was comfortable and pleasant much like the other families around them.
It was Christmas Eve and just before the childrens bedtime when a phone call disrupted Mrs Lawrence. The refugee officer for the district had taken them up on their offer to take in a couple of refugees for the night.
Mr Lawrence was appalled. They only put their name down because all their neighbours had and nobody seriously thought the town would actually get swamped with refugees. 'At least they can go in the room over the garage, they don't have to share our house, we won't let it spoil our Christmas'
The refugees were Jewish and were very grateful for the sparse room.
The next morning, Christmas Day, they had gone and had been seen by the maid getting into a taxi cradling a little baby, heading for the hospital.
Its a modern day 'Christmas Story' and it was an unexpected 'find'.
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