28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 7 – Best Romantic Lead (Male)

Day 7 Best Romantic Lead (Male) My vote for this goes to Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin in 1993’s Sleepless in Seattle. Wonderful performance and a great character. Cheers and see you tomorrow, Richard #28DaysOfLoveOnScreen is brought to you in partnership with Serene Nutrition. Start your journey to digestive wellness by unlocking a happier gut. […]

28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 6 – Best Argument

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 […]

28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 5 – Best Date Scene

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 […]

28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 4 – Best Wedding 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 […]

28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 3 – Most Romantic Gesture

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 […]

28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 2 – Best Romantic Comedy

Day 2 Best Romantic Comedy My pick for Best Romantic Comedy is probably not a controversial one. It’s Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron’s 1989 classic, When Harry Met Sally. I’m well overdue a rewatch of this one. See you tomorrow. Richard #28DaysOfLoveOnScreen is brought to you in partnership with Serene Nutrition. Start your journey to […]

Shott Stories – Episode 12 Available Now

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 […]

My 15 Minutes – catch me on national television

Hi all, I managed to wheedle my way onto national television this week. Blink and you’ll miss me, literally. Last year, local conservationist Sandi Toksvig was the focus of a Channel 4 documentary series about the work she has been doing restoring some local woodland. She came to our annual parish council assembly (where you […]

Get The Ardenna Crossing free this weekend

Hi all, Letting you know that you can get your (virtual) hands on my debut novel, The Ardenna Crossing: Between Two Worlds completely free this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, the Kindle version of Paul Armstrong’s story will be free on Amazon. Here is the link… https://amzn.eu/d/2YQiEO7 Happy reading, Richard

Shott Stories – Episode 11 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 […]