Sean Connery was born on this day in 1930. In a letter to the producer Vincenzo Labella, Anthony Burgess said that he wanted Connery to play the anti-hero Ronald Beard in ROME IN THE RAIN, a proposed film adaptation of his 1976 novel, Beard's Roman Women.
"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
Anthony Burgess was also known as John (or Jack, or Jackie) Wilson and a fictional composer called Antoine Bourgeois. He also published two novels under the name Joseph Kell.