Paul Blake-Knox

[Paul Blake-Knox @pbknox53]

I just donated to a powerful campaign that aims to support families affected by dementia in Ireland. It’s heartbreaking to see how this disease impacts loved ones. Please consider sharing or contributing to help make a difference for those in need. https://t.co/VWAFMXx9tr

[Then/Now Sport @xThen_Now]

Garrincha, a legendary Brazilian footballer, is often hailed as the greatest right winger in the sport’s history. Renowned for his creativity and dazzling dribbling skills, he starred alongside Pelé and Didí in Brazil’s World Cup triumphs of 1958 and 1962.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"As I roved out
on a bright May morning..."

Andy Irvine with the most heart-rending performance that is now 50 years old, with its Celtic ache as potent as ever.

[CorkCity1185 @1185City]

Greatest try ever? JPR Williams Barbarians v New Zealand 1973 rugby match

[Gawain Towler @GHWTowler]

This, in spades.

[Paul Blake-Knox @pbknox53]

https://t.co/T1oPPJ4Q6o

[TV Football 1968-92 @1968Tv]

Starting next Wednesday (4th March)
BBC4 are showing a rerun of the critically acclaimed Boys From The Blackstuff, which will include this iconic scene.
#Boysfromtheblackstuff

[TCD Alumni @tcdalumni]

Meet Dr Joan McCormick, a trailblazer for women in science who studied at Trinity 80 years ago. In our latest Impact Report, she shares her incredible journey and the future she’s helping to shape for today’s students. Read here: https://t.co/no3CQur5Lf

#TCDAlumni

[Zoë Conway @ZoeConwayfiddle]

I was so happy to be asked to speak about one of my musical heroes, Dónal Lunny on the Late Late Show as he was given his Lifetime Achievement Award...
"he elevates the music to a different level" 💜

#irishmusic #legend #bouzouki #donallunny #ireland @rte @rtenews

[Paul Blake-Knox @pbknox53]

Early morning Blackrock Co Dublin

[Mags☘️ @MagsMJ91]

Merry Christmas 🎄😂 @foolshorses_

[Ann Bruen @AnnBruen]

Day #4 of #asunriseaday #atuneaday comes from one of my favourite places in Dublin - Whitewater Brook aka The Hidden Beach on the Howth Cliff Walk. It was so beautiful there this morning - I didn’t want to leave. Today’s tune is the beautiful air of ‘The Lark in the Clear Air’.

[kathydjourno @kathydjourno]

An Atlantic Ocean fix. In a world full of hate - and especially on this space - I’m going to focus on the beauty of an Inishowen beach in winter. Nobody’s life is perfect - we all have stuff going on. But there is so much beauty in nature

[Paul Blake-Knox @pbknox53]

@PortofCork Roches Point ahead !!

[The South Wind Blows @SouthWind_Blows]

Tonight on The South Wind Blows as president Michael D Higgins prepares to leave the Áras we remember Ceilliuradh at the RAH on April 10th 2014
https://t.co/M7XutECp2I

[The Extreme Music Enthusiast @TheExtremeMusi1]

James Taylor - Fire And Rain

From the Clark Santee video archive: one of the earliest solo performances by James Taylor, just 21 years old in 1969 and on the brink of stardom. His signature song was poised to become a widely covered hit and an enduring standard.

[The Secret History of Gold - out May 5 @DominicFrisby]

I was very sad to read of the passing of Prunella Scales. She was a close friend of my father, Terence Frisby - she appeared in lots of his plays and sitcoms - and I met her many times, including several encounters during her latter years when she was afflicted with dementia. I even sat next to her on Christmas Eve at Midnight Mass in Southwark Cathedral not four years ago.

She was always very kind and generous to me. My thesis at university (I read drama at Manchester) was on Fawlty Towers - for which I got a First (had to get that in there) - and she granted me the most brilliant, perspicacious interview. If I can find it, I will post it online because it is such a valuable resource for any student of comedy.

Probably because of her downmarket Sybil Fawlty persona, many do not realise what a grand dame she actually was in real life. Quite the woman of the theatre.

When I was starting out in the business, if she was appearing anywhere, Dad would take me, saying, “watch her work”. I remember seeing a production of a play called The Mother Tongue in Greenwich in 1992 and when we went for a drink after, she completely shunned have bizchat with Dad in favour of me, putting her arm around me, listening to my stories of drama school and making me feel like the most special person in the world. Dad got quite jealous.

Of course, she was a wonderful comedienne.

Dad always regarded It’s All Right If I Do It as one of his best plays, though it did not match the success of There’s A Girl In My Soup - in fact it bombed after a notorious first night, one of many plays to fail at The Mermaid, apparently.

I never saw it, but the poster was always there on the wall of Dad’s flat with Prunella Scales boldly touted in the lead role, along with John Stride. I must have gazed at the poster a million times. He always sighed at how good she was in the part.

She was also brilliant in his 1975 sitcom, Lucky Feller, about two cockney brothers in south-east London trying to make their way in life. One of them was played by David Jason. And David Jason drove a funny car. Uncanny, isn’t it?

Pru played a randy West Country farmer’s wife (pictured above), who hasn’t been in touched by her husband in years. I found the episode on my computer, and it’s a gem. 25 minutes of classic English 1970s sitcom, which you have (almost certainly) never seen before.

I urge you to watch the full 25 minutes. You will thank me. (I can't seem to put the whole thing on here so I will link to it in the next tweet)

But here is a little 90-second exchange between her and David Jason.

Enjoy

[Paul Blake-Knox @pbknox53]

Heifer Draw https://t.co/Xt7RcnfkL8 #iDonate_ie

[Paul Blake-Knox @pbknox53]

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