th 13 de 07

1903  Italo Marcioni patented the ice cream cone

As you probably know it's the law in France that Gérard Depardieu has to be in all films.  He certainly knew how to hold a big gun in 36 (Quai Des Orfevres) and despite another dodgy bi-lingual title we rather fancy The Singer (Quand J'Etais Chanteur).  It starts tomorrow for a week at the Aldeburgh Cinema (there'll be sub-titles).

th 6 de 07

1988  Roy Orbison died

The garage in Aldeburgh on the High Street has been knocked down, no doubt so designer flats can be built.  Is our memory at fault but didn't the garage still serve petrol at the roadside with very long hoses?

sa 1 de 07

1822  Peter I was crowned Emperor of Brazil

As a war correspondent Sir Max Hastings is the real thing, first man into Port Stanley in the recent Falklands unpleasantness ... well actually it was a quarter of a century ago.  It was slightly disconcerting to hear Radio 4 coming out of the middle aged lady introducing him at the Aldeburgh Documentary Festival but then the middle aged lady was Libby Purves who presents Midweek.

fr 30 no 07

1931  Columbia and HMV merged to form Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI)

The Aldeburgh Documentary Festival starts tonight with John Sweeney talking to Francis Wheen.  It continues until Sunday.

th 8 no 07

1895 The German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X rays

The Environment Agency has issued a Severe Flood Warning for the coast Lowestoft to Shingle Street including Aldeburgh.  The tv news is saying the risk is high tide tomorrow morning.

su 14 oc 07

1972  Pope Paul VI abolished the tonsure for monks

Lovely weather for boulevardiers in Aldeburgh this afternoon.  This handsome fellow had clearly been enjoying a swim, a display of Minis, and on the new piste cunningly placed right outside the White Lion petanque was being played.  The match was a

friendly between the newly formed Aldeburgh Club and the Meadlands club from Stowmarket.  The action was certainly attracting interest from passers by and it would seem part of petanque's point is sociability.

su 8 jl 07

1942  Cary Grant married the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton

Aldeburgh may be up itself but on a sunny summer's afternoon Crag Path can be a sort of café society ...  

 fr 6 jl 07

1983  Failed Hackney councillor Tony Blair made his maiden parliamentary speech.

Though Paul Verhoeven's Hollywood films may be rather slight (RoboCop, Fatal Instinct, Starship Troopers and no we can't help being pretentious) but we rather like his glossy, ironic style and so were considering the rather more serious Black Book, but it's nearly two and half hours long!  You don't so much need popcorn as a survival bag and a whistle!!  But then it's back for a second time at Aldeburgh Cinema next month by popular demand ... in the meantime its La Vie en Rose (140mins) for seven days from tonight.

sa 25 Nov 06

Griff Rhys Jones was just like you'd expect at Aldeburgh's Documentary Weekend.  I opened an arts centre in Colchester this afternoon, apparently it's the second arts centre I've opened in Colchester ... I can't remember the first.

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