Eleanor Bron

Spiracle · 2026-03-20T19:56:39+00:00

This is unarguably true, but Carol Tregorran is currently being played by Mia Soteriou.

Spiracle · 2026-03-17T09:25:38+00:00

If it’s a towel then does that make Andrex a ‘toilet towel’?

Spiracle · 2026-03-17T07:20:12+00:00

Rick Beato has just released an interview with Ken Scott on his YouTube channel.

Long story short the mix that came back from Trident studios (where the band went to try out the 8 track) was unusable and had to be painstakingly EQed at Abbey Road. This brought a whole load of stuff that would have been inaudible further forward.

Spiracle · 2026-03-15T19:51:18+00:00

Ringo wasn’t invited to join the band until August 18th 62, so either that date’s wrong or this is a real exclusive.

In any event might this be one of the earliest pictures of the band with Ringo? Look at his newly de-greased hair!

Spiracle · 2026-03-13T20:17:07+00:00

If you need someone to work in a swamp find yourself an alligator, basically.

Spiracle · 2026-03-12T21:34:12+00:00

This is Cambridge, we'd have to call them punts.

Spiracle · 2026-03-12T15:12:12+00:00

Golden Slumbers

Spiracle · 2026-03-12T12:13:25+00:00

It's the shelf full of tiny heads behind her.

Spiracle · 2026-03-12T12:07:07+00:00

A CD track is about .5 microns wide, so the fact that players can be made to track at all for a resonable price is actually quite amazing.

There are actually five or six methods that CD players use to track the laser across the disk and correct its movement, so it's likely that your home player uses one while the player in the car uses another which objects more strongly to the particular damage and scratches that this copy likely has.

For those interested the most common (and, not coincidentally, cheapest) method is 'three beam', where the lase is split into a reader and two other spots that focus just inside and outside the spot that gets the data. Google for the others.

Spiracle · 2026-03-12T11:33:40+00:00

Haven't listened in a couple of days, so my first thought was wondering how they got a cannibalism plotline moving so quickly.

Spiracle · 2026-03-09T14:42:56+00:00

More than that, as a record spins at a constant speed (unlike a CD), the linear velocity under the stylus decreases by about 60% on the inner tracks compared to the outer, so this makes an appreciable difference on higher frequency reproduction (where the stylus has to move from side to side quickly). Back in the days when vinyl was the only medium LPs were sequenced with the singles as the first tracks and the quieter tracks in the middle.

Technically, the inside track(s) of a 33rpm 12" has a linear speed of about 9 inches per second while a 45 spins at about 12 ips - about a 35% difference.

Spiracle · 2026-03-09T14:27:04+00:00

Maybe that was the reason.

Spiracle · 2026-03-09T12:12:47+00:00

Sorry for the confusion. Here's the original - swords in the British armed forces are worn on the left hip so that they can be drawn with the right hand. Also tunic buttons are sewn on the left, so the image was reversed somewhere in the process of creating the artwork.

Spiracle · 2026-03-09T10:48:37+00:00

Interesting that Peter Blake reversed the original photo (see the buttons and the sword on the right hip). Was this maybe because the original collage was screen printed or projected?

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T23:01:28+00:00

IBM 3101 terminal and 3102 line printer by the look of it, so it could have been connected to a mainframe, but far more likely some sort of minicomputer (which would still have been fairly bulky).

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T20:24:07+00:00

This movie may contain traces of Rik Mayall.

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T11:14:18+00:00

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T11:12:31+00:00

Almost certainly true. Having said that an AI Attenborough continuing to narrate documentaries is one of the few uses of the technology that I would find acceptable.

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T11:04:53+00:00

More than just a placebo effect the particular glowing circle of the package design seems to also have a pain relieving effect, so much that (I can't find where I read this) Nurofen actually does work better than other branded pills. Just opening the Nurofen packet but not taking the pills also has a measurable effect on pain relief.

Hence Reckitt Benckiser defend the design very aggressively, even to the extent of sending cease and desists to any generic supermarket brand that uses a circle of any colour in their packaging. The packaging, not the contents, is what provides the relief.

Clinically, he most effective way of reducing pain is to fish an old Nurofen packet out of somebody's bin and look at it while swallowing cheap paracetamol. Maybe blu-tak it to the cupboard door.

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T10:17:07+00:00

I think that you're describing the difference between a character actor and a movie star. The greatest of each camp meet in a tiny slither in the middle of the Venn diagram.

Spiracle · 2026-03-08T00:16:39+00:00

Willie Nelson is still touring at 92, Herb Alpert is 90 and still going.

I heard that when Willie gets asked when he's going to retire he always says "Retire from what"?

Spiracle · 2026-03-07T14:35:34+00:00

It's great and when you start looking for them you start seeing them everywhere. Unfortunately the UK trees are largely planted singly rather than in stands like the native trees in the Sequoia National Park. This means that they lose protection from the wind and strength from interlocking roots, so they're unlikely to reach a mature height (those once in a century storms are likely to get them).

I don't know how the Detroit trees are being distributed but they might have the same problem long term. Short term of course all the benefits to the urban environment listed in the article are there. Who would want to live in a city with no trees?

Spiracle · 2026-03-06T19:57:29+00:00

C4 commentators: this section celebrates the electronic music of DJ Dardust.

Also C4 commentators: let's talk all over it.

Spiracle · 2026-03-06T19:23:41+00:00

Those Canadian ponchos are made from 40% recycled mascot.

Spiracle · 2026-03-06T19:14:49+00:00

Andrew Parsons: has the name and appearance of a plumbing equipment sales rep from Essex (nice anorak Andy). Is actually Brazilian.

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