A brilliant day in which Durham became County Champions, they got drunk on the coach ride back while they waited for confirmation and I tried to get drunk on a bottle of Asti Spumanti which I had travelled in the sunshine to Fulwell to the Sainsbury's as I knew there was an offer of 25% reduction for six bottles paying £22.20 instead of £26.94, taking the opportunity to buy two 12 packs of Peroni where there was a similar 25% reduction.
The last four Kent wickets had fallen quickly at 197,198, and then 204 and 204 in successive balls by Steve Harmison with Thorp completing his bowling at 7 for 88 and 9 for 145 for the match. There was then a four hour wait while Hampshire ended the Nottinghamshire second Innings around 4pm. Sky contacted the captain on the coach but he was not in a sober enough condition to have an interview. Fortunately they had pre recorded interviews in the hope of the eventual result. The trophy will be presented to the annual club dinner on Monday with those not attending able to show their appreciation at a reception at Durham from five to six.
The drink helped to overcome the disappointments of the day as after scoring first at Aston Villa, Sunderland gave away two goals following free kicks. There was also a sad say at Newcastle with the attendance down to 45000 and a 2.1 defeat by Blackburn. However Hull went and won at the Emerites stadium which was truly amazing.
I watched Strictly Come dancing after a fashion enjoying a third to a half a roast chicken for the evening meal, having also enjoyed a simple vegetable stir fry for lunch. The Do you know who you are subject is one of the female dancers, the tall model Jodi Kidd and descendent of Lord Beaverbrook.
Interestingly the chairman of the judges and his Italian side kick form two of three judges for an American version where the celebrities may be well known in the USA but were unknown to me.
The unexpected treat was the X Factor which is concentrating on finding unusual talent with several exceptionally talented female singers noted.
I watched an interesting documentary about an artist photographer, his wife and her lover. The photographer set out to record the passing of the steam train in his community and the photos are remarkable pieces of USA history. When seventy years of age he married a much younger sexually attractive woman in her late forties. It was not a love much on her part except that she fell in love with his work and helped him greatly in terms of running the business as well as the household. She liked to spend and he liked to buy for her. Such was his interest and enthusiasm for steam trains that he bought a junked train to restore and found someone with engineering skills to assist him. This man fell in love with wife of the photographer. Over the years it was claimed that various photographs and negatives were given to both his wife and the photographer.
The marriage deteriorated and led to divorce in which the wife represented herself and was left with only her personal possession and received no portion of his, despite ten years of marriage. He was therefore 80 and she in her later fifties. The husband employed major lawyers with the Bill coming to $700000 protecting an estate subsequently said to be worth $7 million
Subsequently, in documentary the wife claimed that her husband had developed bizarre behaviour and commenced to lose his memory asking her to manage his affairs which led to her copying his signature to make payments. A divorce lawyer said she was amazed at the lack of any settlement in favour of the wife due she felt to the woman representing herself.
However the husband appears to have become paranoid and bitter and claimed that he was missing 1500 photographs. She claimed they not exist and the list of these was a fabrication. She was charged with first degree theft but offered a plea bargain without imprisonment if they were returned. She returned some things but not the 15000 photos and went to prison after being convicted by the jury and sentenced to six to twenty years. The lover waited and upon release they married.
A couple of years later some photographs and slides given prior to the divorce were sold by them and this led to a request for more unbeknown that this later request was a sting set up by the authorities after the trader had become suspicious. The woman's second husband was charged but she was not. None of the this material was that listed as missing and which had led to her going to prison. The obvious point has to be made as to why this material was not disclosed at the time of her trial. Unfortunately the photographer had died so was unable to give evidence either way.
I thought the black and white photographs were brilliant and the rest of story sad but I was not clear what the purpose or the moral of documentary was intended to be.
It was bed time and then I discovered there was a showing of the first double feature dramatization of Brideshead Revisited the iconic book of Oxford University life for the upper middle and aristocratic classed by Evelyn Waugh by from just after World War one until during the second when the main character finds himself posted to Brideshead. Being one of proletarians on the fringe of the University, spoken of with disdain by characters in the book I only had limited contact with the subjects of the book although did come across a few who attempted to maintain the tradition of using college life to as the base for a non stop social life centred on good food and lots of drink, with recreational drugs. The TV drama faithfully covers a 400 page novel in 11 one hour episodes ( the first a double) so I wonder what will be made if the film version which is about to reach cinema theatres and lasts just over two hours. The TV adaptation features Jeremy Irons as the studious public school educated young man brought up by his father John Gielgud going up to Oxford on a modest allowance although his father is clearly not without a bob or two living in a large house with a man's servant, By accident he encounters the younger son of Catholic Aristocracy who demonstrate all the contradictions and eccentricities for which the British upper classes remains infamous The Catholic mother played by Clair Bloom is protective and lives a separate life from her husband Laurence Olivier. Their daughter Julia is a coming out debutante who married an American businessman and then has a relationship with Jeremy (the book is sub headed the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder). However the first part of the work concentrates on the relationship between Ryder and the young son Sebastian played by Anthony Andrews clutching his large teddy bear with him everywhere and while this is shown as love there is no hint of sex even though one of Sebastian's circle is a camp gay, so it will be interesting how this aspect is treated in the film and if they are able to retain the quality of refinement and visual beauty.
The last four Kent wickets had fallen quickly at 197,198, and then 204 and 204 in successive balls by Steve Harmison with Thorp completing his bowling at 7 for 88 and 9 for 145 for the match. There was then a four hour wait while Hampshire ended the Nottinghamshire second Innings around 4pm. Sky contacted the captain on the coach but he was not in a sober enough condition to have an interview. Fortunately they had pre recorded interviews in the hope of the eventual result. The trophy will be presented to the annual club dinner on Monday with those not attending able to show their appreciation at a reception at Durham from five to six.
The drink helped to overcome the disappointments of the day as after scoring first at Aston Villa, Sunderland gave away two goals following free kicks. There was also a sad say at Newcastle with the attendance down to 45000 and a 2.1 defeat by Blackburn. However Hull went and won at the Emerites stadium which was truly amazing.
I watched Strictly Come dancing after a fashion enjoying a third to a half a roast chicken for the evening meal, having also enjoyed a simple vegetable stir fry for lunch. The Do you know who you are subject is one of the female dancers, the tall model Jodi Kidd and descendent of Lord Beaverbrook.
Interestingly the chairman of the judges and his Italian side kick form two of three judges for an American version where the celebrities may be well known in the USA but were unknown to me.
The unexpected treat was the X Factor which is concentrating on finding unusual talent with several exceptionally talented female singers noted.
I watched an interesting documentary about an artist photographer, his wife and her lover. The photographer set out to record the passing of the steam train in his community and the photos are remarkable pieces of USA history. When seventy years of age he married a much younger sexually attractive woman in her late forties. It was not a love much on her part except that she fell in love with his work and helped him greatly in terms of running the business as well as the household. She liked to spend and he liked to buy for her. Such was his interest and enthusiasm for steam trains that he bought a junked train to restore and found someone with engineering skills to assist him. This man fell in love with wife of the photographer. Over the years it was claimed that various photographs and negatives were given to both his wife and the photographer.
The marriage deteriorated and led to divorce in which the wife represented herself and was left with only her personal possession and received no portion of his, despite ten years of marriage. He was therefore 80 and she in her later fifties. The husband employed major lawyers with the Bill coming to $700000 protecting an estate subsequently said to be worth $7 million
Subsequently, in documentary the wife claimed that her husband had developed bizarre behaviour and commenced to lose his memory asking her to manage his affairs which led to her copying his signature to make payments. A divorce lawyer said she was amazed at the lack of any settlement in favour of the wife due she felt to the woman representing herself.
However the husband appears to have become paranoid and bitter and claimed that he was missing 1500 photographs. She claimed they not exist and the list of these was a fabrication. She was charged with first degree theft but offered a plea bargain without imprisonment if they were returned. She returned some things but not the 15000 photos and went to prison after being convicted by the jury and sentenced to six to twenty years. The lover waited and upon release they married.
A couple of years later some photographs and slides given prior to the divorce were sold by them and this led to a request for more unbeknown that this later request was a sting set up by the authorities after the trader had become suspicious. The woman's second husband was charged but she was not. None of the this material was that listed as missing and which had led to her going to prison. The obvious point has to be made as to why this material was not disclosed at the time of her trial. Unfortunately the photographer had died so was unable to give evidence either way.
I thought the black and white photographs were brilliant and the rest of story sad but I was not clear what the purpose or the moral of documentary was intended to be.
It was bed time and then I discovered there was a showing of the first double feature dramatization of Brideshead Revisited the iconic book of Oxford University life for the upper middle and aristocratic classed by Evelyn Waugh by from just after World War one until during the second when the main character finds himself posted to Brideshead. Being one of proletarians on the fringe of the University, spoken of with disdain by characters in the book I only had limited contact with the subjects of the book although did come across a few who attempted to maintain the tradition of using college life to as the base for a non stop social life centred on good food and lots of drink, with recreational drugs. The TV drama faithfully covers a 400 page novel in 11 one hour episodes ( the first a double) so I wonder what will be made if the film version which is about to reach cinema theatres and lasts just over two hours. The TV adaptation features Jeremy Irons as the studious public school educated young man brought up by his father John Gielgud going up to Oxford on a modest allowance although his father is clearly not without a bob or two living in a large house with a man's servant, By accident he encounters the younger son of Catholic Aristocracy who demonstrate all the contradictions and eccentricities for which the British upper classes remains infamous The Catholic mother played by Clair Bloom is protective and lives a separate life from her husband Laurence Olivier. Their daughter Julia is a coming out debutante who married an American businessman and then has a relationship with Jeremy (the book is sub headed the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder). However the first part of the work concentrates on the relationship between Ryder and the young son Sebastian played by Anthony Andrews clutching his large teddy bear with him everywhere and while this is shown as love there is no hint of sex even though one of Sebastian's circle is a camp gay, so it will be interesting how this aspect is treated in the film and if they are able to retain the quality of refinement and visual beauty.
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