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The Monarchy
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‘George’ update, April 2021
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An outline of George’s life story Many of the stranger ...
Secrets of The Shining
On Monday 1 April I had the interesting and enjoyable ...
The Shining: 40th Anniversary
A nice mini-documentary put together by Warner Bros to celebrate ...
Bojovian Covidiocy
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Champions of parochialism
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1st Para Remembrance Service at Donington, Lincs, 23 Sept 2018
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A Question of Balance
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Peter Stainforth talks about his war days
In the course of researching the biography I’m writing about ...
The Second Ascent of the Matterhorn
I recently came across a spectacular aerial picture (taken by ...

Interview about Stanley Kubrick from Stanley and Us, 1998

An interesting, often amusing programme, by Mauro di Flaviano featuring many interviews of those who worked with Stanley Kubrick. Below is an extract in which I tell the story of a big clash in the dubbing theatre during the post-production of The Shining between Kubrick and the Dubbing Editor, Wyn Rider.

 

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