Day 6 Best Argument between a couple Lots of contenders for this one. Kramer vs Kramer, Closer, various arguments between Skylar and Waler White in Breaking Bad. In the end, I went for something different; the wonderfully scathing work of Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas in 1989’s The War of the Roses. Specifically, the scene […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 6 – Best Argument"Day 5 Best Date Scene No question in my mind on this one, but it could be any number of scenes from this film. It’s the Farrelly brothers’ 1998 comedy, There’s Something About Mary. There are so many memorable dating scenes from this film that I found it hard to choose one. it could have […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 5 – Best Date Scene"Day 4 Best Wedding Scene My nomination for this is the iconic ending of Mike Nichols’ 1967 film, The Graduate. Dustin Hoffman crashing Katharine Ross’ wedding and fending people off with a large cross before running away with her and jumping on the bus. My favourite bit has always been the exaggerated facial expressions of […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 4 – Best Wedding Scene"Day 3 Most romantic gesture on screen Changed my mind at the last minute. I was going to go with Richard Gere at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman, but then all he had to do was get dressed up and turn up. Instead, I’m opting for Ralph Fiennes in 1996’s The English […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 3 – Most Romantic Gesture"Hi everyone, Episode 12 is avaliable now and, as you can see above, we’re now on Spotify. Join Cian, Polly, Haydon and I as we invent a character from scratch. Meet Evelyn Wilkins: professional soldier! We’ve got all week now to think of a story to put her in. Maybe you can help. Will it […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 12 Available Now"Ivy, Polly, Cian and I take on Cinderella stories today. Join us for the tale of Afri, who escapes a terrible life of modern slavery with the help of a very unexpected ‘Fairy Godmother’. Thank you so much for listening. Send in your ideas and writing to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk and we’ll read it out on the […]
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