Ken was Mayor when we won the Olympics, and was also the inventor of Boris bikes, or at least the guy who nicked the idea from Paris. (View Post)

Coincidentally, I am currently re-reading Andrew Gimson's biography of the great man. If I type Boris into my Kindle's search bar, it brings up seven books – two by him, five about him – in… (View Post)

Michael Grade, former BBC1 Controller, said that when looking around for a daytime soap among numerous American offerings, it was the scene of street cricket in the opening titles that sold him on Ne… (View Post)

In what sense is that an offer to resign? Look at those qualifications: I'll do the right thing only if the investigation shows it was my fault in which case please let me get my papers in so it… (View Post)

12 Angry Men. There is a treatise somewhere on how the camera angle changes through the film to reflect the tension in the jury room. The first third is shot from below, then level, and finally from … (View Post)