tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post9123547654481667587..comments2024-03-19T04:14:57.476+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Grantchester - ITV reviewMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-81538602119796081432014-10-21T13:36:38.125+01:002014-10-21T13:36:38.125+01:00Nice to hear from you, Andre, and I agree. Last ni...Nice to hear from you, Andre, and I agree. Last night's was a good episode,with an interesting motive for murder. Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-29629332960746006602014-10-21T13:02:41.011+01:002014-10-21T13:02:41.011+01:00Grantchester is really growing on me. And Tessa ...Grantchester is really growing on me. And Tessa Peake-Jones nearly steals the show for me as the dour housekeeper Mrs Maguire. She is a joy to watch. Those milk curdling scowls! I am old enough to remember that Mrs Maguire types were not uncommon in the 1950's! All in all, this series is shaping up nicely, with various darker undercurrents being established as a counterpoint to the picturesque settings.Andre ferrarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-67425195616987446912014-10-19T13:04:53.338+01:002014-10-19T13:04:53.338+01:00Thanks, June, I'm not sure I knew Ann had writ...Thanks, June, I'm not sure I knew Ann had written historicals. I'd very much like to write more about Liverpool, preferably in the Devlin series, but it all depends on what the publishers want. I'm encouraged by people's continuing interest in Devlin, as my post today mentions. Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-46370802689384402522014-10-19T10:04:02.309+01:002014-10-19T10:04:02.309+01:00I met Ann, myself, years ago when we were with the...I met Ann, myself, years ago when we were with the same agent, Judith Murdoch. We both wrote historicals for M&B at one time. I've also read a couple of Ann's Lizzie Martin books set in Victorian times which I enjoyed. <br />Shall we be seeing anymore Liverpool books from you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190244059173638691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-67138996497952118752014-10-11T14:43:11.721+01:002014-10-11T14:43:11.721+01:00Lovely to hear from you, June. Yes, I have read so...Lovely to hear from you, June. Yes, I have read some of Ann's books and meet up with her and her husband a few times a year. Good writer. Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-2725183248078168762014-10-11T14:42:09.578+01:002014-10-11T14:42:09.578+01:00Thanks, Nan. I'll check out that Spoonful song...Thanks, Nan. I'll check out that Spoonful song - I remember Daydream!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-6133109394122996142014-10-11T12:14:42.013+01:002014-10-11T12:14:42.013+01:00There was more than one reason than Grantchester b...There was more than one reason than Grantchester being the kind of detective story I would enjoy that I chose to watch it instead of my usual choice of New Tricks on a Monday evening. That was the writer being the son of Rev Robert Runcie, who not only went to my son Iain's old school but his Oxford college as well. I wanted to see how the main character reflected a real his father, who had been a real man of the cloth. I enjoyed the first episode, although our sleuth seemed to do a lot of cycling around with his seat off the saddle! Interested to see how the series pans out. <br />Also interested in your visit to the Cotswolds - John and I went to both places you visited the other year. Lovely. Thinking of the Cotswolds and detectives. Have you read Ann Grainger? <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190244059173638691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-90896731767191957132014-10-11T02:39:36.386+01:002014-10-11T02:39:36.386+01:00I did love it, and agree with every word you wrote...I did love it, and agree with every word you wrote. There's an old song by The Lovin' Spoonful called Nashville Cats, which is a rave about all the guitar players in Nashville (lyrics here: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/lovin+spoonful/nashville+cats_20276435.html).<br /><br />And every time I watch a British movie or television program, I think of that song because Nashville's guitar players are like Britain's actors. I am wowed over and over again by the excellence of every one I see. And I love the way older actors keep on working, and the young ones coming up are equal to their elders. There is nothing like them in the world.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com