Monday's opening night of the Snowdon exhibition at the Chris Beetles Gallery on Ryder Street, St James's, was so crowded that it was difficult to get into the building.
I thought the best photograph was Nannies on Rotten Row which brilliantly reminded us of a past era. But there are wonderful portraits of Nureyev, Princess Margaret, Noel Coward and Henry Moore's hand, that make this exhibition a must.
One paper suggested that not many celebrities turned up...that particular journalist either wasn't there, or simply missed Tim Rice, David Frost, Britt Ekland, Peter Blake, Richard O'Brien, John Julius Norwich, Terry O'Neill, Manolo Blahnik, and David Linley.
I thought the best photograph was Nannies on Rotten Row which brilliantly reminded us of a past era. But there are wonderful portraits of Nureyev, Princess Margaret, Noel Coward and Henry Moore's hand, that make this exhibition a must.
One paper suggested that not many celebrities turned up...that particular journalist either wasn't there, or simply missed Tim Rice, David Frost, Britt Ekland, Peter Blake, Richard O'Brien, John Julius Norwich, Terry O'Neill, Manolo Blahnik, and David Linley.
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No shortage of celebrities there. What was the journalist on about for goodness sake?
andrew - some journalists are only interested in reporting bad news. I've done four charity auctions in the past week, but you'll find no mention of them in any paper. That's not a complaint, simply a fact.
But what happened to Bill Oddie?
an admirer - I'm afraid I was thinking of a different night and a different event that week when I'd seen Bill.
IMHO...journalism edges farther from reality every year, as reputation, careerism, hierarchy etcetera rank increasingly superior against serious, honest, independent thinking. Nowadays, only those turning out 'media-entertainment-news' (twit-information) - one-note, anondyne, PC lemmings – are given inches/airtime. Really, it's simply talentless arrogance, Jeffrey - every reporter knows the only 'stories' sufficiently brilliant and gripping, appropriately noble, duly noteworthy, on topic, always worth reading...ie (twitter, etcetera, ramble, self-delude) hackwork always 'newsworthy' (daily!) = journalists' OWN BYLINES.
Read between the lines to get the 'inside' story of such an unprofessional episode, Jeffrey. IMHO it's pure jealousy! People like you – and the other celebrities those hacks chose to ignore – are only 'celebrities' (probably dare I say in your case under some sufferance, albeit of a cheerfully good-natured kind?!) thanks to the concrete 'real' lasting achievements that came first. Modern journalists, on the other hand, are increasingly celebrity-obsessed and shallow themselves – and yes, let us not forget that it is the media, not the celebrities, who 'invented' (and sustain) the notion of Celebrity; they have nothing else to show for their working lives, and so must measure the worth of everything against the passing fads and fashions - the 'Faces' and 'Names'. It's rather sad, but I say let them play their petulant 'fame' games, Jeffrey. I am sure that the substantial talents they pretended not to notice have better things to do with their time!
Jack (Sydney, Australia)
Long-time reader & fan
PS: When are we next going to see you back Down Under!?
Hello Jack
What does IMHO mean?
Best wishes
David
jack - thanks for your thoughts on this. I'll be back in Australia in mid-November.
david - IMHO means 'In my honest opinion' (I think).
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