Archive for March, 2010

March 8, 2010

A Mother’s Day treat for Richard Armitage fans: Richard is playing the part of the rake, Lovelace, in a new BBC Radio adaptation of Clarissa. Starts next Sunday on Radio 4. Details here.

The programme blurb:

Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa is a heartbreaking and compulsive piece of epistolary storytelling and one of the world’s greatest novels. Published in 1747, it was the precursor to and inspiration for many of the great European novels which followed in its wake.

The young and beautiful Clarissa is courted by the rake Lovelace, who tricks her into his power, carries her off to London, and rapes her. Clarissa then falls into decline. Lovelace becomes involved in an avenging duel with Clarissa’s cousin, and Clarissa’s family and friends must live with the guilt and shame of their own neglect and betrayal of her.

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March 2, 2010

So yesterday was March 1st and not only did I forget to wish all my Welsh friends a Happy St David’s Day – I also forgot to show you this:

It’s Mr March from 12 Men of Christmas. He’s called Mayor Bob in the movie and he’s based ( I think) on my character, Bob, the salt-of-the-earth leader of the mountain rescue team.

In the movie, he wears a Western shirt and bootlace tie and has a gorgeous ‘cowboy’ accent – and is teased mercilessly by the townspeople for appearing semi-naked in the hot tub.

You can browse the online calendar here on the Lifetime site but I really wish they had produced a calendar you could buy – maybe next year? Anyway, in future, I’ll be flagging up a Calendar Boy from the movie on the first of every month.

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March 1, 2010

Well, I never thought I’d see the day but.. I have an Amazon.com author page. I never knew I had such exotic hobbies and interests.

PS To the person who visited this website looking for ‘book love story meets teenage boyfriend corsica job interview’, I think you want Wish You Were Here. Hope you enjoy it!

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