Not nearly as enjoyable a read as Hemingway's Chair. It's a more serious story dealing with issues that largely have to do with midlife crises. It's hard to tell if Palin is being genuine with some of the serious issues or if there was more humor that I missed out on; regardless, the drama could ...
The second installment of the diaries of actor and writer Michael Palin is an excellent continuation of Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years. Palin continues to chronicle both the successes and failures of himself and his Python cohort, but also his own family's growth, his wonderful spunky mothe...
What a wonderful time I had reading this. Michael Palin utilizes that Oxbridge background from his own education and his father's profession, and just entertains entirely throughout the book. I read it, first of all, because I think that Hemingway's presence in NW lower Michigan is much overloo...
Biju Pitnaik airport at Bhubaneswar, ancient capital of Kalinga, was a pleasant surprise. Gone was the fuzzy disorientation he’d felt as he was processed off the London flight in the glass and steel-trussed anonymity of Delhi. Here in Bhubaneswar, cosseted by a warm, damp breeze off the Bay of Be...
Feel a heavy pain in my right hand. Head not too bad, stomach queasy. Lie there as if hit by a bulldozer, then ease myself out of bed, cursing myself for missing my looked-forward-to morning walk round Prague, and a little concerned that I’ve probably missed breakfast and within an hour I shall h...
He established his reputation with Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. His work also includes several films with Monty Python, as well as The Missionary, A Private Function, A Fish Called Wanda, American Friends and Fierce Creatures. His television credits include two films for the BB...