Reflections on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
Recently I visited the Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel exhibition at the ...
The Monarchy
At this time of the accession of King Charles III, ...
‘George’ update, April 2021
Update: first readers’ draft (manuscript 4.3) completed April 24, 2021 ...
George Stainforth biography – coming 2022
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
The latest graph, showing the number of deaths relating to ...
Champions of parochialism
A similar madness to that which swept America and enabled ...
1st Para Remembrance Service at Donington, Lincs, 23 Sept 2018
The annual remembrance service for the 1st Parachute Squadron Royal ...
A Question of Balance
The following is written as a counter-argument to ideas expressed ...
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.