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Advantages: You get to meet the REAL Kenneth Williams
Disadvantages: You might not like the real Kenneth Williams

...Take a week off work and read this. Believe me, once you start, you won't be able to help yourself. With the diaries of Kenneth Williams, you don't so much saunter down a glittering memory lane, as plunge into a private, squirming hell. Y'see, Kenneth wasn't what he looked, and let's face it, that was an already pretty strange image. Here was a man with blantant homosexual leanings, with which he repulsed himself. He detested and loved the general public simultaneously. He was morbidly afraid of other people's germs, to the point of directing visitors to his flat to the local WC down near Baker Street Station, when their need arose. The book is filled with his printable thoughts on many of his co-stars and friends, and much had to be edited out, a sublime job by Russell Davies, as they were deemed unsuitable, and more...

Salgirl 07.03.2001 (03.03.2001) · Read review
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Opposites Detract

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...Truth is stranger than fiction! A cliche, I know, but applicable in this case. I'm nosey! I like to know what makes people tick. This is probably one of the reasons - no, let's be honest, this is the reason - I bought Kenneth Williams' diaries. It certainly wasn't out of admiration for the man: I'd always found him annoying. Sure, I liked the 'Carry On' saga, of which Williams was an integral component but I ignored him and just enjoyed the others. That isn't to take anything away from his abilities as a comedy actor, I believe he did have superb timing and equisite delivery, which is why his memory is still cherished by millions around the world. It's just that he was always too nasal and vocally grating for me. I know, features of which are loved by others. But I couldn't resist the diaries. Did I feel any different after...

Trev15 18.10.2001 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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Carry on Carping

Advantages: Intimate and intriguing pen portrait
Disadvantages: None

...I have never read such a load of trivial,inconsequential tittle-tattle as that contained in "The Kenneth Williams Diaries". Yet, at the same time, I would never have imagined that I could become so intrigued and fascinated by the inane ramblings of an actor and comedian whom I had previously dismissed as being as funny and entertaining as a bout of chronic bronchitis. This book is, as the title explains, a selection of extracts from the 4 million or so words written by actor, broadcaster and comedian Kenneth Williams, best known for his appearances in the "Carry On..." series of films. A fervent diarist, Williams notes every minute detail of his life from 1942 until his death in 1988. His words have been edited and presented in book form by Russell Davies. Davies supplies a short introduction, explanatory notes about individual...

4N6gal 15.10.2001 · Read review
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Robbie Williams Live At Knebworth "Without Me" : (

Advantages: An Excellent Live Album!
Disadvantages: None!

...Hell is gone and heaven's here, There's nothing left for you to fear Shake your arse come over here Now scream! I'm a burning effigy Of everything I used to be You're my rock of empathy, my dear "So come on let me entertain you" "Let me entertain you"! Reasons For Purchasing: Well "Let me entertain you" with my review! I am a huge fan of the Pop Star Robbie Williams and I have every single album he has ever released in my huge CD collection. I think most people are aware who this great star is, but I will include a little bit of information about him, for those who do not in the next paragraph. Robbie Williams was born on the 13th February 1974, in England, in a little town called Stoke-on-Trent. His pop career started when he was just sixteen years old, when he was chosen to be included in a UK boy...

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William Blake's works

Advantages: Beautifully written poems concerning the effects of innocence and experience
Disadvantages: The language is often hard to read without concentration

...In his poems, William Blake has a number of underlying messages riddled in them. He seems to agree and disagree with certain things in a number of his poems which I will now discuss. In Songs of Experience, the poem called The Garden of Love shows some of the things that Blake seems to disagree with. In The Garden of Love I believe Blake tries to convey that as a child grows up things change. He seems to think that these changes are bad, for example the chapel replaced his childhood green where he had played and instead of flowers on the green, tombstones in a graveyard. I think he is saying that childhood was a happier, carefree time and as adulthood abruptly arises, you lose the innocence of your childhood. In William Blake?s case, things become darker. He seems to disagree with this. Also he puts across the feeling of being...

taranmatharu 22.04.2009 · Read review
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Williams' use of violence

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...A Streetcar Named Desire : How does violence progress throughout the play and change the course of action? In what ways did Williams? use of violence contribute to the controversy of the play? Williams? work is often considered as ?one of the most savage indictments of culture in our time?(i) and A Streetcar Named Desire is no exception. The play challenged the taboo issues of violence, homosexuality and promiscuity whilst the 1951 film adaptation caused great controversy despite censorship carried out by the Motion Picture Association of America and the Catholic Legion of Decency. Since it is Stanley?s rape of Blanche that leads to her inevitable demise, it is important to consider the significance that Williams? use of violence bears to the play as a whole. This central topic of violence is initially revealed to...

nicolemorgan 28.02.2003 · Read review
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Fort William Rocks !!!

Advantages: Breath-taking views, extremely friendly people
Disadvantages: None that I found...

...~~*~~ INTRODUCTION ~~*~~ Fort William - a delightful place to visit - before I went there 2 summers ago I assumed it was just a fort and not a whole new wonderful holiday experience! Hmm how wrong could I have been? The place where both Rob Roy and Braveheart were filmed, it's definitely a place to see if you believe in exploring the UK's finest places. I'm not an expert at writing travel reviews so please bear with me if this review isn't laid out exactly as you'd expect it to be. ~~*~~ WHERE AND WHAT IS IT? ~~*~~ Well as it's in the "United Kingdom Experience" I'm hoping everyone knows that it's here in the UK but it's right up there in the West Highlands of Scotland. As the crow flies (or car drives?) it's roughly 500 miles from my home in West London to Fort William, which equates to 8½ hours driving if you average...

anonymili 24.08.2005 (03.09.2005) · Read review
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Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Advantages: great story
Disadvantages: none

...Romeo and Juliet was written in 1595 by William Shakespeare as a play. It is classed as a tragic play, therefore involves a protagonist that has a peak in his or her life involving good fortune, but then on after good fortune turns quickly into bad, ending up in sadness and misfortune for the protagonist. All tragedies follow the same pattern, only changing the peak point and the speed of good fortune going bad. When mentioned, Shakespeare is often thought to be associated with romance and beautiful imagery, which in some cases is true, but this romance is a needle in a haystack amongst the violent, sexual, crude and malicious imagery. This is a trick that is used to make the romance stand out more, Romeo and Juliet is a very famous piece of Shakespeare's work, but is often thought to be extremely romantic and 'lovey-dovey', however...

pixels91 23.04.2009 · Read review
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