The Lord Lucan Murder(s) - New TV Programme

Conicidentally a new TV programme has just been made by the ITV network in the UK about the Lucan murder(s) - the first part of 2, which was aired last night - the programme was based on John Pearson's book "The Gamblers" which was reviewed here recently. You can catch up on that book review and see more (different) TV investigative coverage on the same page about the whole Lucan affair here if you missed it.

If you'd like to catch up with ITV's new prog that everyone seemed to be talking about in the supermarket this morning as they went about their Christmas shopping you should be able to watch that here on the ITV Player.

https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/search/term/lucan

The disappearance of Lord Lucan after the murder of his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, remains one of the great unsolved murder riddles of the 20th century in Britain.

If you are interested in fictional murder cases please check out my Inspector Walter Darriteau cases, The Murder Diaries Seven Times Over here, and The Sound of Sirens here.

Take care,

DC

Infamous - the Life of Truman Capote

I watched this movie last night and really enjoyed it. Hadn't seen it before. Great cast - Toby Jones (he played Hitchcock in another film) Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney Weaver, Gwyneth Paltrow (would like to have seen more of her) Peter Bogdanovich and more besides.

You can read the review here and see a clip of the film as well,

hope you like it,

David C

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The American - Stylish Thriller

If you like the whole Nordic genre of thrillers and murders then you might be interested in The American starring George Clooney which is a sylish thriller set in Sweden and Italy.

You can read a new film review of the movie here and you can also watch the official trailer to give you a taste of what the film is all about.

Hope you like it.

Oriental Fiction - Book Reviews.

If you have any interest in modern Chinese and Japanese fiction you might be interested in checking out these book reviews now on this site:

Tokyo Tango by Rika Yokomori

Waiting by Ha Jin

Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino

Marrying Buddha by Wei Hui 

Most of the pages have video reviews on there too so there is always something worth watching after you have had a read.

Thanks for taking a peep,

David C

The Lord Lucan Murder

When one reads anything about the Lord Lucan murder the writers are really talking about the murder of the nanny Sandra Rivett. But in John Pearson's book The Gamblers, he is exploring the possibility that Lord Lucan himself was murdered by his "friends" and colleagues simply because he had become too much of a liability.

One thing is for sure, this unsolved mystery has more to tell - though whether that information will ever enter the public domain must be open to huge doubt.

If you are interested in unsolved murders, and this fascinating case in particular, you can read an updated review on the book, the Gamblers, right here where you can also watch the whole of Fred Dineage's TV investigative programme on the Lord Lucan murder. Read more and see more here

The Cheshire Fire Service Choir on TV

Fab rendition by the guys and gals of the Cheshire Fire Service of Bruce Springsteen's moving song The Rising on the BBC TV programme The Choir - Sing While You Work, last night. Had me in tears!

Much respect.

More here on the Cheshire Fire Service.

Stay safe,

DC 

Book Reviews Welcomed

If you are into writing book reviews why not write a book review for inclusion on this site? You can do that right here today.

Alternatively, if you like reading book reviews and watching some accompanying video (where available) then you might like to check out this page.

As ever, thanks reading and thanks for stopping by,

David C

Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino.

If you have any interest in far eastern literature you might be interested to read my book review for Natsuo Kirino's book, Grotesque. Kirino previously scored a big success with the previous book "Out".

On that page you will also find an interesting and informative video reviewing half a dozen modern Japanese books which makes good viewing.

You can read that review and see the video by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Ashes Cricket is Back - Again!

There will be many bleary eyes to be seen in England today, including those belonging to yours truly, as the Ashes series between Australia and England got underway at the Gabba in Brisbane at midnight last night, UK time.

Live broadcasts went on throughout the night and many people followed the series for as long as they could remain awake, many tucked up in bed, live radio commentary streaming into their ears, even after they had finally fallen asleep.

Australia closed on 273 for 8 which I reckon is a reasonable result for them, especially after they had earlier been 132 for 6, before a century stand between Haddin and Johnson rescued the situation.

The enfant terrible Stuart Broad did the business once again, much to the local newspaper’s chagrin, taking 5 for 65.

Now it all depends on how England can bat tomorrow, after that is, mopping up the Australian tail. A great start to what promises to be an incredibly exciting series.

Remember, England have not won at Brisbane since 1986. Could that all be about to change? We shall see!

And talking of the Ashes, this gives me the ideal moment to reprise the article I wrote on the series in 2007, and there is also film on that page of a Freddie Flintoff hat trick, (not against Australia) so if you would like to see that please go here now.

Thanks for visiting my pages,

Have fun

DC. 

The Perils of Sending Books in the Mail

Anyone who runs any kind of mail order business, regardless of whether you are Amazon, or auntie Mimi who sells the odd unwanted present on ebay, we all know how annoying and frustrating it can be when goods go missing in the mail.

I mean have you ever tried to make a claim against the postal authorities for compensation when that happens?

Jeez!! Talk about time wasting and red tape - these guys could write a dissertation on it, and probably have!

But this missing book complaint was all a wee bit different, read more here