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Jonathan Hugh Gascoyne-Cecil (22 February 1939 – 22 September 2011), more commonly known as Jonathan Cecil, was an English theatre, film and television actor.
Cecil was born in London, England, the son of Lord David Cecil and the grandson of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury. His other grandfather was the literary critic Desmond MacCarthy. He was the great-grandson of former Conservative Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
Brought up at Oxford, where his father was Goldsmith Professor of English, he was educated at Eton, where he played small parts in school plays and at New College, Oxford, where he read modern languages, specialising in French and continued with amateur dramatics.
At Oxford, his friends included Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett. In a production of Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, he played a lunatic called Troubadour and a woman who sells pigs. Of his early acting at Oxford, Cecil said
After Oxford, he spent two years training for an acting career at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he was taught by (among others) Michael MacOwan and Vivian Matalon and where his contemporaries included Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi.
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (/ˈwʊdhaʊs/; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years. They include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; the feeble-minded Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the loquacious Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and the equally loquacious Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.
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Jonathan Cecil reads ten short stories featuring Jeeves & Wooster, including the tale of when Jeeves first came into Bertie's employ. Several of the stories are reworkings of earlier ones featured in My Man Jeeves (1919), so don't worry if you're working your way through Wodehouse and they sound familiar. 01. 0:00:00 Jeeves Takes Charge 02. 0:43:43 The Artistic Career of Corky 03. 1:18:15 Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest 04. 1:56:53 Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg 05. 2:33:32 The Aunt and the Sluggard 06: 3:26:41 The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy 07. 4:14:31 Without the Option 08. 5:03:27 Fixing it for Freddie 09. 5:41:11 Clustering Round Young Bingo 10. 6:30:51 Bertie Changes His Mind
Jonathan Cecil reads the first of P.G. Wodehouse's full-length novels to feature Reg and Bert.
Jonathan Cecil reads the seventh Jeeves novel (Released in the United States as 'Bertie Wooster Sees It Through').
Jonathan Cecil reads the third full-length novel featuring Jeeves & Wooster. This book was the first of the four that became known as 'The Totleigh Towers' saga.
Jonathan Cecil reads the book that was later published in the USA (and is introduced here) as 'Jeeves in the Morning'.
Jonathan Cecil reads the last novel to feature the immortal Jeeves and Wooster. Indeed, the last novel fully completed by the, sadly, not-immortal P.G. Wodehouse.
Jonathan Cecil reads an early full-length novel from the Wodehouse canon.
Jonathan Cecil reads the final novel to feature the bemonocled Psmith (the 'P' is silent, as in 'Swimming Pool' - NOT a Wodehouse line, I hasten to add!). It is also the second Wodehouse tome to be set at Blandings Castle.
Jonathan Cecil reads one of P.G Wodehouse's earliest novels, and the first to feature the New York dancer cum socialite Sally Nicholas.
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
Jonathan Cecil reads ten short stories featuring Jeeves & Wooster, including the tale of when Jeeves first came into Bertie's employ. Several of the stories are reworkings of earlier ones featured in My Man Jeeves (1919), so don't worry if you're working your way through Wodehouse and they sound familiar. 01. 0:00:00 Jeeves Takes Charge 02. 0:43:43 The Artistic Career of Corky 03. 1:18:15 Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest 04. 1:56:53 Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg 05. 2:33:32 The Aunt and the Sluggard 06: 3:26:41 The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy 07. 4:14:31 Without the Option 08. 5:03:27 Fixing it for Freddie 09. 5:41:11 Clustering Round Young Bingo 10. 6:30:51 Bertie Changes His Mind
Jonathan Cecil reads the seventh Jeeves novel (Released in the United States as 'Bertie Wooster Sees It Through').
Jonathan Cecil reads the first of P.G. Wodehouse's full-length novels to feature Reg and Bert.
Jonathan Cecil reads the third full-length novel featuring Jeeves & Wooster. This book was the first of the four that became known as 'The Totleigh Towers' saga.
Jonathan Cecil reads the book that was later published in the USA (and is introduced here) as 'Jeeves in the Morning'.
Jonathan Cecil reads the last novel to feature the immortal Jeeves and Wooster. Indeed, the last novel fully completed by the, sadly, not-immortal P.G. Wodehouse.
Jonathan Cecil reads an early full-length novel from the Wodehouse canon.
Jonathan Cecil reads the final novel to feature the bemonocled Psmith (the 'P' is silent, as in 'Swimming Pool' - NOT a Wodehouse line, I hasten to add!). It is also the second Wodehouse tome to be set at Blandings Castle.
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
Jonathan Cecil reads one of P.G Wodehouse's earliest novels, and the first to feature the New York dancer cum socialite Sally Nicholas.
Jonathan Cecil reads a collection of eleven P.G. Wodehouse short stories. The first ten all concern various members of The Drones and Mr. Mulliner returns to provide the voice for the last three. I'm not 100% happy with this download. There are a few overlong pauses and (particularly at the end of the third tale) the action appears, occasionally, to end abruptly. If the climax of this story has been lost thanks to some clumsy editing then I can only apologise, but I have decided to share the version that I have, rather than cut out the tale altogether. 0:00:00 Fate 0:43:19 Tried in the Furnace 1:23:52 Trouble Down in Tudsleigh 1:58:50 The Amazing Hat Mystery 2:36:35 Good-Bye to All Cats 3:11:55 The Luck of the Stiffhams 3:42:41 Noblesse Oblige 4:19:19 Uncle Fred Flits By 4:57:20 Archibal...
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
The Briliant Daniel Day Lewis being interviewed by Parkinson.
Cecily Brown is considered a central figure in the resurgence of painting at the turn of the century. We met the praised British painter at her New York studio for a talk about borrowing imagery from other artists, and how she has always responded to dark, scary art. “Art was something that seemed very glamorous and dangerous to me as a child.” Brown nurtured an early fascination with the “scary” art, such as Francis Bacon, and would rummage her parents’ art books for the very darkest pictures, such as a particular painting by George Grosz of a butcher shop with human meat in it: “I had sneak looks at it, like you might look at Playboy or something.” Brown, who had been painting naked women for several years, felt an urge to move on to painting men and boys. The painting ‘Young Spartans...
“I just don’t believe in the word ‘virtual’,” says artist Cécile B. Evans and argues that in today’s society, where drones are used for warfare and romantic relationships begin online we can no longer distinguish between the so-called real and the virtual. As one of the most prominent voices of Post-Internet Art – a term covering art practices that engage with the Internet and new technologies – Cécile B. Evans’ work examines how digital culture has impacted the human condition. Over the past 10 years digital technologies have permeated our lives to such a degree that it is no longer possible to distinguish it from physical reality. “People worry that the real world will disappear,” says Evans, “and it’s not like the real world will evaporate and be usurped by the digital. In the best pos...
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Jonathan Cecil reads ten short stories centred around one of P.G. Wodehouse's earliest and, indeed, most enduring characters: Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge. I remain unsure why Mr. Cecil pronounces the middle name phonetically (as he did in 'Love Among the Chickens') instead of the quaintly English accepted contraction 'Fanshaw' - but I'm sure this matter was discussed at the time of recording. 0:00:00 Ukridge's Dog College 0:38:51 Ukridge's Accident Syndicate 1:17:39 The Debut of Battling Bilson 2:06:03 First Aid for Dora 2:48:29 The Return of Battling Bilson 3:36:12 Ukridge Sees Her Through 4:17:04 No Wedding Bells for Him 5:08:32 The Long Arm of Looney Coote 5:59:16 The Exit of Battling Bilson 6:42:34 Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner
Stephen Fry (actor and comedian) joins Dave Rubin for a quick discussion about political correctness, clear thinking, V for Vendetta, free speech, and his decision to quit Twitter. ***Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RubinReport This is a bonus edition of 'The Sit Down' on The Rubin Report, filmed on the set of Larry King Now. What are your thoughts? Comment below or tweet to Dave: https://twitter.com/RubinReport Watch more on Ora TV: http://www.ora.tv/rubinreport Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rubinreport?ty=h Sign up for our newsletter with the best of Rubin Report each week: http://www.ora.tv/rubinreport/article/2015/10/19/subscribe-to-our-rubinreport-show-updates ****** Stephen Fry Actor, Author, and Comedian Get the book "Stephen Fry...
Steve Patterson is going to sit On the Blackchair to tell me about his book "Cecil Williamson's Book of Witchcraft - a Grimoire of the Museum of Witchcraft". "Cecil Hugh Williamson (1909-1999) is, I believe, one of the great unsung heroes of the twilight world of folklore and witchcraft. He is probably best known for founding the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, North Cornwall, which he ran up until midnight on All Hallows Eve 1996; three years before his passing over in to the spirit world. Unbeknown to many however, this was just part of a colourful and magical career that spanned most of the 20th century. This included working in a Rhodesian tobacco plantation, the pre-war film industry, the British secret services and, most importantly, devoting his life to the study of traditiona...
Jonathan Cecil reads ten short stories featuring Jeeves & Wooster, including the tale of when Jeeves first came into Bertie's employ. Several of the stories are reworkings of earlier ones featured in My Man Jeeves (1919), so don't worry if you're working your way through Wodehouse and they sound familiar. 01. 0:00:00 Jeeves Takes Charge 02. 0:43:43 The Artistic Career of Corky 03. 1:18:15 Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest 04. 1:56:53 Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg 05. 2:33:32 The Aunt and the Sluggard 06: 3:26:41 The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy 07. 4:14:31 Without the Option 08. 5:03:27 Fixing it for Freddie 09. 5:41:11 Clustering Round Young Bingo 10. 6:30:51 Bertie Changes His Mind
Jonathan Cecil reads the first of P.G. Wodehouse's full-length novels to feature Reg and Bert.
Jonathan Cecil reads the seventh Jeeves novel (Released in the United States as 'Bertie Wooster Sees It Through').
Jonathan Cecil reads the third full-length novel featuring Jeeves & Wooster. This book was the first of the four that became known as 'The Totleigh Towers' saga.
Jonathan Cecil reads the book that was later published in the USA (and is introduced here) as 'Jeeves in the Morning'.
Jonathan Cecil reads the last novel to feature the immortal Jeeves and Wooster. Indeed, the last novel fully completed by the, sadly, not-immortal P.G. Wodehouse.
Jonathan Cecil reads an early full-length novel from the Wodehouse canon.
Jonathan Cecil reads the final novel to feature the bemonocled Psmith (the 'P' is silent, as in 'Swimming Pool' - NOT a Wodehouse line, I hasten to add!). It is also the second Wodehouse tome to be set at Blandings Castle.
Jonathan Cecil reads one of P.G Wodehouse's earliest novels, and the first to feature the New York dancer cum socialite Sally Nicholas.
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
Jonathan Cecil reads one of P.G. Wodehouse's earlier full-length novels.
Jonathan Cecil reads an early full-length novel from the Wodehouse canon.
Jonathan Cecil reads the book that was later published in the USA (and is introduced here) as 'Jeeves in the Morning'.
Jonathan Cecil reads one of P.G. Wodehouse's later full-length novels.
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
Jonathan Cecil reads one of P.G. Wodehouse's earlier full-length novels.
Jonathan Cecil reads an early full-length novel from the Wodehouse canon.
Jonathan Cecil reads a typically Wodehousean tale of romance, crime and intrigue, this time set in Brittany.
Jonathan Cecil reads the book that was later published in the USA (and is introduced here) as 'Jeeves in the Morning'.