churchill 2 November 2009
Just saw Brendan Gleeson’s award winning portrayal of Churchill on tv and it was FABtastic. The man is such a good actor (and all round great guy, I have to say). It was all the more relevant for me as I’m writing part of the latest novel during the Blitz in London and then a few years after the war. I like to think the very fact this was shown now is some sort of good omen and it was certainly useful for consolidating some thoughts I’d had about the period. The show was directed by the wonderful Thaddeus O’Sullivan, in whose house I have enjoyed fine food and company, so I am all the more pleased as a result. Hooray all round. Oh and, as if it needs saying, Janet McTeer is a goddess.
Am back living in a hotel again…this will be my life for another year, it seems, off and on. Need to flick the button to that setting as I will only hanker after ‘a life’ otherwise and that would surely begin to make me sad. It’s an odd time, but must be done, and I am making good new friends and love the work. Strange, though, for a woman of 47, or is it? I know no other way, so….
Only hope the hotel sleep has settled down as I don’t want to get back into all of that disturbed/not sleeping crap…ye’ll be hearing from me in a few hours if all goes tits up!
