Stephen Fry has a blog? Ye gods, whatever next? That said, he may not have quite mastered either the brevity or the frequency elements of the gig. Still, absorbing stuff. Or something. Certainly it ain’t your average celeb-blog. What may be the world’s longest post on Smartphones ever written by a Cambridge Footlight, concludes:
As the General Confession in the Book of Common Prayer has it, “I have followed too much the devices and desires of my own heart.” Amen.
Then there’s a lengthy – but very warm and very wise – rumination on fame which, well, you’ll just have to read for yourself. But here’s a fun story:
I’ll start with a story that illustrates exactly one aspect of that point. 15 or so years ago I was filming a TV drama called Stalag Luft in Harrogate with Nicholas Lyndhurst.
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