Peter Tatford

@petertatford.bsky.social

Ex-Londoner, retired English teacher and Tour Guide. Sevillano since 2004.

‘A memoir of Ubac’s joyous life – from chomping his evening meals to his enthusiastic mountain walks and trips in the passenger seat of his owner’s van – has become France’s breakout literary-success of the year’ www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...

‘Booksellers stuck up for it’: how France fell in love with a shaggy dog story

Memoir about a dog’s joyous life and deep grief felt after they died has become word-of-mouth hit

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"TV isn’t that hard, is it? You just need to take an old genre and breathe some life into it by casting acting royalty..." Yeah, yeah. The fucking WRITING is credited nowhere in this piece: Will Smith's adaptation of Mick Herron's books. Vexing. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Slow Horses: it’s wild how good Gary Oldman’s spy thriller is

From its cast of acting royalty – Kristin Scott Thomas! – to the excellent dialogue, this drama just whizzes by. It’s a hugely fun, totally charming watch that gets everything right

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