Actor Sam Neill was asked what was the greatest lesson he learned from his parents.
He recalled his mother’s simple but profound advice:
“Sometimes you just have to pull yourself together. It’s a tough lesson, but it’s a good one.”
Wise words from a man who lived his life with grace and dignity.
Rest in peace, Sam Neill.
What @LouisElton96 is doing finding and promoting incredible British craft often with stunning high tech twist to tell a national story should be being studied by @biztradegovuk, @FCDOGovUK and @Number10press.
I had a very fun morning at Freed of London — a 97 year old factory in Hackney specialising in making the world’s finest point ballet shoes 🩰
Each year they sell over 300,000 shoes, all made in London by a team of exceptional makers and exported to the world.
My favourite bit: each shoe carries a mark that uniquely connects it to its specific maker - like a crown or a castle.
In the UK, its traditional for the Secretary of State for Transport to visit Japan to learn all about how well they build and operate their transport infrastructure and then come home and do fuck all about it.
It's 9pm local time in London, everyone in the Royal Box has left the building, and the camera pans to the one person who stayed to watch the last match of the day...
Roger Federer, the winningest men's champion in Wimbledon history.
Cinema.