Notes from the sketch book

On this day in 1942 Martin Scorsese was born There is perhaps no other director in the history of cinema who has made such a lasting impact on not just the film industry, but pop culture as a whole as Martin Scorsese. Widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, Scorsese has spent his life challenging himself and his audiences. Even if you don’t know much about Scorsese or his work, there’s a good chance you’ve still seen some of his films. After all, this man is responsible for some of cinema’s most memorable and influential works:...

We love go travelling and we have been very fortunate to have explored many parts of the world. A few years ago a little thing called covid-19 hit the world and caused a pandemic and the end of our travels for a bit or so we thought. In 2020, we decided to buy a campervan (actually a micro camper made from a fiat doblo). Now we had some transport and some accommodation on wheels, we needed to find somewhere to go go and the perfect place we found was Scotland and the nc500 route.  So the three of us and...

On this day in 1932, Roy Richard Scheider was born. He became well-known for his main and supporting performances in well-known movies from the 1970s through the early to mid-1980s. He received two Academy Award nominations. Among his most well-known roles are Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1978), NYPD Detective "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971), NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973), and Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976) The Seven-Ups (1973), a quasi-sequel to The French Connection in which Scheider's character is based on Grosso once more, was Scheider's first starring role. In...

On this day in 1933, John Barry was Born. John Barry is one of the most renowned and celebrated film composers of all time. With a career spanning over six decades, Barry has left an indelible mark on cinema with his distinctive film scores. His collaborations with several acclaimed filmmakers have resulted in some of the most iconic soundtracks from the last century... Dances With Wolves (1990) Touted as one of the most successful Westerns of all time, Dances With Wolves also happens to be one of John Barry’s most memorable scores. The sweeping and beautiful music was a perfect...

When it comes to mysterious places on Earth, few can top the weird wonder that is Stonehenge. This ancient monument has been a source of fascination and debate for centuries. Who built it? Why did they build it? And perhaps most importantly, what is its purpose? Understanding this enigmatic site requires some background knowledge about the time and place in which these structures were built. Around 2500 BC, Neolithic people started building monuments across Britain with a focus on burial sites. These are known as the Megalithic Standing Stones because most of them are either single giant stones or arrangements...