Gavin Scott celebrates the roller-coaster life of poet John Donne and the witty, sexy poems he left behind for our delight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFIBKekc8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFIBKekc8E...
Celebrating Mark Twain's hilarious put-down of James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans.Here's the Youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7guLxmT8Q&t=16s...
The finale of Alfred Tennyson's wonderful poem Morte d'Arthur is on my my favourite poems. I hope you enjoy it too. Here's the link to Youtube https://youtu.be/k9MV99A1fpk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MV99A1fpk ...
This week's Five Minutes with Gavin Scott celebrates Raymond Chandler's wry salute to my beleagured city in his Philip Marlowe novel The Little Sister. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osd_BnwXSWY...
Last year I began a podcast celebrating my favorite pieces of prose and poetry from 70+ years of reading, and this year I've begun it again and promise to release a new episode every Friday. Here re the links to the first two, on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyZoOzrAGtA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UypkdYqzKFA&list=PLDte4CrxDIFm3ypHAxPlKuRIGX4a5010g ...
As the end of Santa Monica airport nears, some people are trying to overturn the massive local vote to turn it into a park by pushing for the land to be used for housing - so I made a video which I hope will alert people to what's going on. You can check it out on https://bit.ly/Ep1-ParkInDanger ...
Last night I had the privilege of conducting the BAFTA/LA interview with Marty, his cinematographer Rodriego Pieto and his casting directors about his wonderful new movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, which I unreservedly reccommend to anyone who loves cinema, social justice and American history. He and his team were a delight to talk to and the three hours of the movie sped past, with amazing performances by Leonardo de Caprio, Robert de Niro and Lily Gladstone. Thank you Mr. Scorsese! ...
My heart was just warmed by this lovely response from Ruth Deeley: "Hooray for Toby Wey. What a wonderful romp through understandable history - you have given me 10 days of utter joy and to hell with shopping cooking or making the bed, I only wanted to get back to turning the page." Thank you, Ruth: I do like to think it's the ideal Christmas present! https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Toby-Wey-Gavin-Scott/dp/B0B6XPSQJV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1671303530&sr=8-1 Like Comment Share ...
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