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Tag: drama
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Ellen Perry
Award-winning film director, producer and writer Ellen Perry made her name with her brilliantly insightful documentary film The Fall of Fujimori in 2005. (more…) -
The Worst Marriage in Georgetown
Story of the 2011 murder of 91-year old socialite Viola Herms Drath by her 47-year old bisexual fraudster husband Albrecht Gero Muth to be made into a film produced by Christoph Waltz (more…)
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Dominic Minghella: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks Isle of Wight born producer and scriptwriter Dominic Minghella: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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Aidan Turner
Despite tweeting just twice, Dublin born actor Aidan Turner has over 21,000 followers on Twitter. (more…) -
Josh Bowman
Born in Berkshire, Josh Bowman is a rugby player turned actor who briefly dated Amy Winehouse in 2009. Having spent two years in the BBC’s Holby City, he moved to Los Angeles to take up the main role of Daniel Grayson in the popular American ABC series Revenge in 2011. His co-star Emily VanCamp has been his girlfriend since soon after the drama began. -
Caught in court
“More than impertinent” barrister Ian West slammed for his behaviour
Courtrooms, despite being places where justice ought to be taken seriously, are often the scenes of comical farce. Whilst Rolf Harris unconvincingly sought to win over the jury in his case by singing Jake the Peg and imitating his wobble-board, the case of a barrister named Ian West revolves around whether his “impertinence” towards a judge ought to lead to disciplinary action. (more…)
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Messing About in Boats
Thameside cottage where ‘Lewis’ was filmed for sale; it is just the perfect place for ‘messing about in boats’
Two episodes of the Inspector Morse sequel, Lewis, were filmed at Thatched Cottage at Mile End Reach, Henley-on-Thames. The cottage – last sold in 2000 for £1,075,000 – is now on the market for £3,600,000 through Knight Frank.
Thatched Cottage, Mile End Reach, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 3BL A true “chocolate box” of a property, Thatched Cottage was built in 1897 and was at one point home to the Queen Mother’s cousin, Elizabeth Bowes Lyons. It currently comprises of 3,938 square foot of accommodation and has planning permission for a substantial extension that would take it to a grand total of 6,580 square foot.
The highlight of the property, however, is its 1-acre plot as it comes complete with 99 foot of frontage to the River Thames and “unspoilt views over the river and water meadows beyond”. The current owners moor two boats on the property’s private moorings.
A bathroom complete with port hole windows 
There is a self-contained annexe in the garden 
The house comes with planning permission for a substantial extension In The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame famously wrote:
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats”.
For anyone with such a passion, 5-6 bedroomed Thatched Cottage would be just the perfect spot.
Update: 21st February 2016: According to The Sun, the cottage has been sold to the comedian Russell Brand for circa £3.3 million.
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Pottery and drama
£3 million castle once owned by the Wedgewood family comes to the market
Robin MacDonald, the current owner of Caverswall Castle in Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire is a man once described as “having it all”. He’s also a man who plainly attracts drama and with the sale of his castle, a new chapter looms for his Grade I listed, moated home. (more…)
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The genius of Homeland