Putting the fun in fundamental

ms_manna visited Altariel Mansions at the weekend. She brought the sparkle, I brought the Inquisition. We watched a romcom which may have had a member or two or N*Sync in it, switched off Valentine, discovered the bizarre IMDB biography of Stacy Keach, and hoped that someone in this world would provide us with a Blake's 7 songvid to the Friends theme tune. Food of exquisite quality was served at regular intervals and devoured at great speed.

ms_manna also brought Paul Darrow's autobiography and, to my complete astonishment, I am really enjoying it. He seems to have entered the same stage of his career as Boston Legal-era Shatner, and is enjoying the whole thing immensely and with a real sense of proportion. There is a mouth-watering photograph of him as a twenty-four year old playing Edmund in King Lear. And (everything connects) he has just mentioned Justin Timberlake (describing Tarrant and Dayna as Justin Timberlake meets Janet Jackson).

Oh, but he does seem to think 'Power' has a happy ending.

Things you learn reading PD's autobiography

Well, b*gg*r me sideways - it turns out that Clonemaster Fen in Weapon is played by Kathleen Byron, who was tempted nun Sister Kate in Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Blimey, you live and learn.

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