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Just J.R.R. Tolkien casually coming up with an answer for the ages...

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Peter Hitchens gloriously pushing back against the idea that 5-year-olds shouldn't be made to learn poetry by heart.

One of the many reasons why I love Spike Milligan: this response of his to hearing a letter from King Charles (then The Prince of Wales) being read aloud to him at the 1994 British Comedy Awards ceremony.

This is brilliant 🤌🏼✨️ Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges talking about what the task of Art boils down to. (Watch all 97 seconds.)

Richard Burton reciting this piece from Hamlet ("I have of late but wherefore I know not...") is definitely worth your attention.

Sir Laurence Olivier reciting Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare is very much an understated masterclass in performance poetry. (Absolute goosebumps.)

Peter O'Toole being asked on what it means to be Irish...

It is both the birthday and deathday of William Shakespeare today, so give yourself a real treat and watch the magnificent Judi Dench recite his Sonnet 29 🤌🏼✨️

Whenever I hear people questioning the existence of those with Down Syndrome, I always remember these words from Sally Phillips. (Well worth the watch. ❤️)

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The secret formula for happiness from the film 'About Time'. (To quote Goethe: "I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.")

The BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's North &amp; South really does have one of the most tenderly beautiful endings in all of television.

Richard Harris was such an engaging character. A stupendous personality. And the opening 5 minutes of his interview on Parkinson totally proves it.

This account exists to bring Joy.

Really hope I get to see these two horses again this year across the water in yonder field. They usually appear around this time, but still no sign. 12 months ago was magical. Beyond magical, in fact. I could have died happy in that moment. Perhaps they only appear when needed.

Rounding off the day, very tiredly, with... 'She Walks in Beauty' • Lord Byron •

On this May Bank Holiday Monday, give yourself the joy of hearing Sir John Gielgud recite one of the most famous sonnets in all of poetry. • William Shakespeare •

Annual rewatch of this especially poignant Christmas Ad from 2023 ❤️

The casting of Juliet Aubrey (for Dorothea) and Rufus Sewell (for Will Ladislaw) in the BBC adaptation of Middlemarch was 🤌🏼✨️

"The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal." ~ C.S. Lewis, 'A Grief Observed' 🎬 Shadowlands (1993)

"One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began..." Here is Mary Oliver reciting her poem 'The Journey' ✨️

David Whyte on knowing when you're on the right path.

The BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South really does have one of the most tenderly beautiful endings in all of television.