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Gerard Gilbert

@GerardVGilbert

Television writer for the 'i', and author of The Concierge and new historical crime novel An Impression of Murder. Also at @gerardvgilbert.bsky.social

 Lewes, England
Joined September 2009
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The great Prunella Scales was more than just Sybil Fawlty, writes @GerardVGilbert @theipaper inews.co.uk/culture/televisi…
Arch, joyful, trailblazing - the great Prunella Scales was more than just Sybil Fawlty

Arch, joyful, trailblazing - the great Prunella Scales was more than just Sybil Fawlty

She was best known as Basil's nagging wife - but her decades of work beyond Fawlty Towers show her true breadth of talent

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@theipaper7 Apr 2025
I self-published my novel. That doesn’t mean it’s bad 🖋️ @GerardVGilbert trib.al/NhBTpud
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Never mind The French Connection. My favourite Gene Hackman movie is the 1975 Arthur Penn film Night Moves. Not even mentioned in any of the obits
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I'm also now at the other place @gerardvgilbert.bsky.social
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Currently available on Amazon, other booksellers to follow. Dieppe 1897. Introducing art-loving detective Emile Blanchet. In town this summer are Oscar Wilde, Walter Sickert, Edgar Degas, and a double murderer...
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Very pleased to announce the publication of my new book, a historical crime novel set in 1890s France (Dieppe to be precise). The cast includes Impressionist painters, Decadent poets, English ex-pats and, of course, a killer (or two).
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"I don't bicker... I play judo with words" All hail Roddy Ho
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Just seen Nigel Farage being wheeled up Lewes high street. Tonight's the night
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Currently going into Halloween lockdown
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Linda Green@LindaGreenisms22 Oct 2024
Interesting comments by James Daunt (MD of Waterstones) in The Bookseller, about the danger of ignoring readers over 50 (who buy 34% of fiction). Says need to ensure 'we have the discipline as booksellers not to follow publishing tends at the expense of books for older readers'.
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Scam call from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. They obviously haven't heard the news
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Normandy Tourism@Normandy11 Oct 2024
A spectacular shot of the northern lights in #Dieppe last night! 🤩 📷: Sylvain Georges
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Phil Syrpis@syrpis20 Jun 2024
I have to say that I am struggling with this notion of a super-majority. I was brought up to believe that a 52:48 ratio gives the winning side free rein.
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OMG — you gotta watch this!!! 🤪🤪🤪 #CuckooTrump teapawt.org/champnella/status/1801…
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Thought I'd repost this in memory of Bernard Hill. How Boys from the Blackstuff dramatised unemployment in the Thatcher years independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
How Boys from the Blackstuff dramatised unemployment in the Thatcher years

How Boys from the Blackstuff dramatised unemployment in the Thatcher years

Alan Bleasdale’s TV masterpiece had its roots in a TV play shown 40 years ago. Does it tell us what the post-pandemic world could be like, asks Gerard Gilbert

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I didn't expect to, but i really liked the Frasier reboot. Even without Niles inews.co.uk/culture/televisi…
Even the most reboot resistant fans will enjoy Kelsey Grammer's Frasier return

Even the most reboot resistant fans will enjoy Kelsey Grammer's Frasier return

Grammer is utterly at home with the character he has played for 40 years, while Only Fools and Horses' Nicholas Lyndhurst makes for an excellent sparring partner

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