tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post2910075385472588299..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Post-Xmas Problems: Grumpy London LifeClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88346358292955194652016-01-17T20:20:45.508+00:002016-01-17T20:20:45.508+00:00Oh I think you'll like these, Tracy. Very Engl...Oh I think you'll like these, Tracy. Very English and quite political. Probably out of print now, but you might find copies some time. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-79193114655499738572016-01-17T18:11:23.432+00:002016-01-17T18:11:23.432+00:00This sounds like an author I would like to try. I ...This sounds like an author I would like to try. I love mysteries written and set in the 80s and 90s. I have not heard of the author before. Will have to wait a while because I am not buying books until April at the earliest. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-73994213004136741212016-01-12T12:27:07.165+00:002016-01-12T12:27:07.165+00:00There was certainly a height contrast there!There was certainly a height contrast there!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-26667490815084663572016-01-11T23:35:42.616+00:002016-01-11T23:35:42.616+00:00Thanks for steering me towards the bits on YouTube...Thanks for steering me towards the bits on YouTube. It looks like the second story is complete, althugh like you I haven't fully checked yet. Lovely to see them again after all this time.I wonder if they didn't do any more because Imelda Staunton was getting neck strain constantly having to look up at McTeer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76160739670590311672016-01-11T09:25:56.774+00:002016-01-11T09:25:56.774+00:00Thanks for this - I went and looked it up, and did...Thanks for this - I went and looked it up, and did you know you can see bits of it on YouTube? A Masculine Ending, and at least some of this one, I haven't looked in depth yet. The quality of the clips looks terrible, but I'm looking forward to trying to watch anyway, so thanks for the tipoff! What high standards of acting they had - Imelda Staunton too. Janet McTeer a great choice. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82400313462866450532016-01-11T00:07:47.641+00:002016-01-11T00:07:47.641+00:00The BBC did a couple of TV movie versions of Loret...The BBC did a couple of TV movie versions of Loretta Lawson stories in the early '90s. There was this and A MASCULINE ENDING. Lawson was played by Janet McTeer. For a time it looked as though there might be more, or even a series, but nothing materialised. I still have the newspaper publicity around somewhere, and it's mainly about how extraordinary it is to have a detective series where the main protagonist is A WOMAN!!! I'm not sure that McTeer wore the fake fur, but until the film is either repeated or released on DVD my curiosity will remain unsatisfied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71197418819904663322016-01-07T09:42:02.984+00:002016-01-07T09:42:02.984+00:00You probably would in fact, anyone who lived throu...You probably would in fact, anyone who lived through the 80s/90s would find plenty to recognize. But will let you off. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-14393373539766283492016-01-07T04:44:11.095+00:002016-01-07T04:44:11.095+00:00Glad you enjoyed these, but I'll pass. Not tha...Glad you enjoyed these, but I'll pass. Not that I probably wouldn't enjoy the odd one....col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75864234205280054632016-01-05T20:16:35.984+00:002016-01-05T20:16:35.984+00:00Confirmation of my theory! I was sure it was a rea...Confirmation of my theory! I was sure it was a real trope, glad you know of it too, from the well-known historical resource that is Byker Grove....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-21222796713761111842016-01-04T19:18:41.144+00:002016-01-04T19:18:41.144+00:00I remember a scene in, I think it was Byker Grove,...I remember a scene in, I think it was Byker Grove, the teen soap opera of the '90s, where someone is encouraged to throw red paint over her friend doing a catwalk show and when it happens they're like "But it's FAKE fur!" and the instigator says "Well it's the principle of the thing!"Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387407272852763234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88216849966238468082016-01-04T13:41:20.083+00:002016-01-04T13:41:20.083+00:00It was a great series wasn't it? As well as be...It was a great series wasn't it? As well as being solid crime stories, they gave a very real picture of life in those years....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-18263150993031881562016-01-04T12:48:03.416+00:002016-01-04T12:48:03.416+00:00Oh, yes, Moira, that 'housemate' bit in th...Oh, yes, Moira, that 'housemate' bit in this novel is funny, isn't it? And I do like the Loretta Lawson character an awful lot. In my opinion, the series strikes a solid balance between welcome wit and a serious focus on the mystery - not easy to do. I agree; it'd be great to have more Loretta Lawson novels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com