John Dickson retweeted
Replying to @jan_murray
Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy.
One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what??
The point is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you.
Nonetheless, I look forward to your first novel!
John Dickson retweeted
Some say this a a rare picture of Simon and Garfunkel at Govan Underground.
Taken during their 1965 tour.
John Dickson retweeted
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this every time they see a map of the Strait of Hormuz.
John Dickson retweeted
McTominay, arriving back at Napoli to tell his Italian teammates when his bins are out this summer.
John Dickson retweeted
British nicknames are an unregulated industry. a 5'6 tradesman called Anthony is professionally known as Shetland Tony. a man who lost an eye is called Keth. a quiet man wore a yellow jumper once and became
Mumblebee.
what's the best nickname you've ever heard
John Dickson retweeted
One of the greatest ever anti-war (Iraq) speeches by the late, great Tony Benn:
“What fools we are to live in a generation for which war is a computer game for our children and just an interesting little channel for news item.
Every Member of Parliament tonight who votes for the Government motion will be consciously and deliberately accepting responsibility for the deaths of innocent people if the war begins.”




























