Royle Family Dad

Barbara: What d'ya have for your tea Dave?
Dave: Corn beef hash.
Barbara: Oh! did y'Mam make gravy?
Dave: No, she couldn't be arsed.

Hollywood visits Oxford again. Philip Pullman of 'His Dark Materials' fame , the first book of his trilogy is being made into a movie with Nicole Kidman & Daniel '007' Craig. 'The Golden Compass
' (published as Northern Lights) was mostly filmed earlier in the year but the film crew are back in Oxford this week. The film which is written by Tom Stoppard is due out in December & Radcliffe Square has been full of film trucks and people on walkie talkies. There is a huge crane which has hoisted two huge floodlights above Brasenose College with another three on the roof of Brasenose, they were pointing towards the top of Racliffe Camera. The lights were so powerful I could feel the heat of them on the side of my face from the other side of the square. There was a sign saying they were going to be there for next few days for night shoots. No sign of Daniel though.

NB I'm reading 'Enduring Love' by Ian McEwan and its brillant (recommended for anyone holiday reading). It opens by describing a balloon accident over Pishill & Christmas Common. I've been catching up with my reading as I've been invigilating exams this week. Pete, not sure what is worse organising the setting of the exam papers, typing the exam papers, invilating the exams or sorting out all the marking...oh yeah least I don't have to mark them.

Oh yeah and "COME ON TIM!" (Wimbledon)

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