
"I don't know if you've seen Street of Crocodiles: it's quite macabre, not for all tastes"

"Phew, I feel very honoured: how kind of you :) (not that I took the photos, myself, of course) Swansea bay; that's unexpected, but it is very pleasant along the shore there (my birthplace)"

"This is an excellent presentation and interesting to know about, as usual :)"

"Thanks: glad it's useful. Really I should do more, but I've concentrated more on Wales here."

"Oh I was thinking of doing an arctic fox list; they are so beautiful"

"Her name rang a bell. Reading that brought to mind Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%CA%BBiulani, who tried to resist US takeover, but Ranavalona more powerful, ruthless and "

"Kind thanks :) Ah yes, I did enjoy doing it, partly cos I was discovering some things along the way"

"Excellent work! I'm not keen on Brando but Astaire, Grant and Bogart may be my favourite actors."

"May they all be saved! Too many species have become extinct already"

"I've only seen 1 film in over 2 months of being on listal. In the last few years I've needed breaks from seeing too many films"

"Bergman and Fellini did at least direct Oscar winning "Foreign Language" films. Truly great directors like Mizoguchi, Renoir, Tarkovsky and Satyajit Ray missed out on that, though Renoir's Grand Illus"

"Good stuff! You may find my Essential Kubrick list, with A-Z, of interest"

"Wallace was a really good and modest guy: he wanted votes for women, a fairer world, but lacked Darwin's social connections. If he hadn't written to Darwin he would have had sole credit for the theory"

"Amitabh Bachchan, Antoni Gaudi, Confucius, Elvis Costello, Gautama Buddha, Joanna Lumley, Kate Bush, Martina Navratilova, Spike Milligan, Ted Danson"

"Nice arrangement: i'll have to look into how those shelves are done. Oh, you may be interested in Alfred Russel Wallace, co-originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection, though Darwin g"

"Excellent! Some photos by Brassai are Noirish and I wouldn't be surprised if the director Tarr was influenced by him. Oops. I think maybe it was more Kertesz who was Tarr-like"