MILDRED PIERCE—-THE LOOONG VERSION 15 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment Back in 1946 a movie named Mildred Pierce was the talk of the Oscars. Its star Joan Crawford won the Best Actress Oscar [...]
A HUMAN CAMERA? 14 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment This is thought-provoking. If it’s true it proves that the best computer is the human brain. If it’s a hoax, well, it’s still [...]
THE YOUNGEST SUPPORTER 9 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment That ardent devotee of Watford Football Club Elton John tells me his three month old son Zachary already has a complete Watford outfit [...]
A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI (AND MICKY BRENNAN) 8 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment For more than a decade I was a boxing writer, covering nearly all of Mike Tyson’s fights for the Daily Telegraph, along with [...]
DOGS’ LIVES 6 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment Quite a contrast between the lives of these two dogs sleeping in doorways and scavenging for food in Cartagena and these California dogs [...]
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT REVEALS PLANS FOR A NEW CITY 3 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment While in Cartagena I landed an interview with Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel Santos, who attended the London School of Economics, speaks fluent English [...]
WELL, I SUPPOSE THERE ARE A LOT WORSE PLACES 2 March 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment Many times when stuck in a traffic jam of cars heading for the beach parking lots or circling the downtown area vainly in [...]
BOTERO—–THE BIG PICTURE 28 February 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder but even so, to me one of the great art world mysteries is [...]
OOPS! HUCKABEE DOES IT AGAIN! 27 February 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment It seems as if potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has put his foot in his mouth yet again. This time [...]
A DANGEROUS PROFESSION 25 February 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment During my (admittedly long ago) days as a foreign correspondent my colleagues and I kept as low a profile as possible, preferring not [...]