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Hey, "this kind of thing" is the reason that there are moderators. Please don't take our job away! Even if it's not currently impeding your use of the forum, it's not supposed to be doing that, so the staff needs to look into it. So I'm glad that you brought it to our attention.

Sorry to come in late for this, but if the likes of Mick Jagger can get a Knighthood, then JEREMY BRETT should definitely have received one, in my opinion!

That's very odd -- you look fine to me. Oh, wait a minute -- maybe I can see who you are because I'm a moderator. Let me see how you look from my husband's account. ****************** Well, you look like Douglas from there as well, and Hubby hadn't even logged in. I'll let the Admins know, but for now just pretend it doesn't say you're anonymous!

I already watched some of them and I love it. Maybe I am going to watch the whole episodes but, this time, in chronological order, please.

Life seems to be pretty much a series of trial and error. In other words, see what works for you -- and what doesn't. During an awkward phase of my life, I had frequent panic attacks and near-constant anxiety, which I assumed were caused by stress. Counseling sessions helped me develop coping techniques, which helped me a lot, just being able to deal with it better, but I still had the basic problem. Some years later, I discovered quite by accident that the panic and anxiety occurred because I had developed a chemical sensitivity to a common household substance. Since then I've avoided that substance, and have been mercifully panic free. Best of luck in learning how to deal with your depression.

There are reasons other than political protest, apparently. A footnote on that page quotes Kipling's wife as saying that he could "do his work better without it." Concerned that it might go to his head, perhaps -- or that it would change people' expectations of him? He never even got a BAFTA? Please excuse my ignornance, but did they exist then?

I like the title👍 The Honours system has come in for a lot of criticism over the years with accusations that they are often used as a reward for services to a particular political party. Make a large donation and some kind of honour will come your way which devalues the process for those that genuinely deserve recognition. When lists are produced you can almost hear the cries of “why?” I notice that in the 2020 list Craig David got an MBE but I don’t know anything about him or why it was felt that he deserved one? Toby Jones got an OBE and Sheila Hancock became a Dame for her services to drama and charity (John Thaw got a CBE in 1994) Peter Cushing got an OBE in 1989. Christopher Lee got a knighthood then a CBE along with a lot of military awards which were sadly all auctioned off in 2017. I don’t know why Brett was overlooked but I know that there is a petition here (which I’ve signed) to get him a posthumous BAFTA. https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jbbafta

I waded through this thread and found it absolutely riveting. Although we are all following the modern version and wait for each new series to outdo the previous, which is not always the case, vid. Radio Times recent vote, with which I almost entirely agree, Jeremy Brett brought to the role the exact same otherworldliness that Benedict has been working so hard to keep up in the new version. Talk about the steepled fingers! When I took out the Speckled Band to check up on some things because of a speculation I needed to build up, I saw how they could be used expressively, and not statically, as Benedict uses them. And when Messers. Moffat and Gatiss talk about the more serious versions needing to have the cobwebs blown away from them because Sherlock and John are a comedy double act, they should bear in mind the sheer exuberance of The Second Stain! There, Brett does some wonderful things with his hands, as well. Simply brilliant!

On this day, the 3rd of November, 1933, Jeremy Brett was born. The greatest actor ever to grace the screen and stage, this versatile man had such an amazing ability to project himself. Jeremy, though you are gone from our lives, you are not forgotten. Your legacy is in our hearts. Jeremy, permit me to say that I love you and Happy Birthday. (I have to admit that as I was writing this, I had tears in my eyes.)